Conducting Polymers

The Electrochemistry of Electronically Conducting Polymers.- In Situ Raman Experiments on Polyacetylene in Electrochemical Cells.- Conductive Complexes of Novel Porphyrin and Phenothiazine Polymer Systems.- Increasing the Conductivity of Polyacetylene Films by Elongation.- Anisotropic Properties of Oriented Durham Route Polyacetylene.- Ionically-Conductive Solid Solutions of Divalent Cation Salts in Poly-(Ethylene Oxide).- Room Temperature High Ionic Conductivity from Alkali Metal - Silver Halide - Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Complexes.- Polymers with Both Ionic and Electronic Conductivity.- Polyaniline: Synthesis and Characterization of the Emeraldine Oxidation State by Elemental Analysis.- Are Semiconducting Polymers Polymeric Semiconductors? : Polyaniline as an Example of "Conducting Polymers".- New Electronically Conducting Polymers.- New Electronically Conducting Polymers: Effects of Molecular Structure on Intrinsic Electronic Properties.- High Conductivity in an Amorphous Crosslinked Siloxane Polymer Electrolyte.- Use of Electronically Conducting Polymers as Catalytic Electrodes in Aqueous and Inorganic Electrolytes.- Polyphtalocyanines.- Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition of Amphipathic Azobenzene Compounds for Surface Activation and Fabrication of Functionalised Thin Films.- Electronically Conducting Polymer Gas Sensors.- Reports on the Panel Discussions.- 1 - Preparative Methods and Properties of Well Orientted Electronically Conducting Polymers.- 2 - Prospectives of Realization of Polymer Electrolytes with Amorphous Structures and Consequently High Conductivity at Room Temperature.- 3 - Interfaces and Contact Problems.- 4 - Cyclability of Polymer Electrolyte Cells. Power Efficiency and Energy Density.- Conclusions.- Conclusion on Electronically Conducting Polymers.- Conclusion on Ionically Conductive Polymers.

` ...presents the state-of-the-art on conductive polymeric systems. ' Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 107, No.4, April 1988 ` The data presented are new enough to make the book a welcome addition to the growing collection of books devoted to conducting polymers. ' Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 74, 1988 ` Essential reading for scientists wishing to research conducting polymers... ' RACI Polymer Division News, August 1988 ` This book is highly useful to the beginners in the field. ' S.K. Dhawan, D.C. Trivedi, Bulletin of Electrochemistry, September 1988