Carothers and his team synthesized a number of different polyamides
including polyamide 6.6 and 4.6, as well as polyesters.
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Carothers had been hired to perform pure research, and
he worked to understand the new materials' molecular structure and physical properties.
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Carothers, who probably was afflicted with a severe bipolar condition,
committed suicide in 1937, and the company credited the invention of nylon to him.