Carothers
/kəˈrʌðəz/- Carothers, Wallace Hume (1896-1937), American industrial chemist. He developed the first successful synthetic rubber, neoprene, and the synthetic fibre Nylon 6.6. He committed suicide before nylon had been commercially exploited.卡罗瑟斯, 华莱士·休姆（1896-1937, 美国工业化学家, 成功研发了第一块合成橡胶氯丁橡胶和合成纤维尼龙6.6, 但在尼龙商业开发之前自杀）。