Electronic Properties of Polymers and Related Compounds

Polymers.- V Aromatic Polymers and New Polymerization Reactions.- Aromatic Polymers: Evolution of Their Electronic Properties as a Function of Bond-Length Alternation and Torsion Angle Along the Chains.- Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Conducting Polymers by Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy.- The Mechanical Properties of Polypyrrole Plates.- Frequency and Temperature-Dependent Complex Conductivity of Some Conducting Polymers..- Structure and Conductivity of Some Heavily Doped Polypyrroles.- Polythieno [3,2-b]Pyrrole: Preparation, Structure and Properties.- Composites from Polypyrrole and Polyether/Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomer..- Infrared and Optical Absorption in Poly(4,4?diphenylenediphenylvinylene).- A Carbonyl-Olefin Exchange Reaction - New Route to Conjugated Polymers.- VI Electrochemistry.- Problems Related to Polymer Battery Design.- Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Polypyrrole and Polyaniline..- Spectroscopic Characterization of Some Polyanilines.- Resonance Raman Scattering from Polyaniline.- In Situ Infrared Spectro-Electrochemical Investigations of Polythiophenes..- VII Polydiacetylene.- Raman Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers.- Electronic Structures of Conjugated Polydiacetylene Oligomer Molecules.- Excitons and Polarons in Polyconjugated Diacetylene Molecules.- Excitons in Short-Chain Polydiacetylene Molecules.- Luminescence of a Fully Polymerized Polydiacetylene.- Electron Motion on Polydiacetylene Chains.- VIII Magnetic Resonance.- Magnetic Resonance of Conjugated Polymers.- Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation intrans-(CH)x. A Confined Soliton Model Including Nuclear Spin-Flip Diffusion.- 13C-NMR Investigation of an Oxygen Defect in trans-Polyacetylene.- NMR Study of Alkali-Doped (CH)x and (CD)x Films.- Magnetic Resonance Study of Metallic Polyacetylene.- In Situ ESR Study of Electrochemical Doping in Conducting Polymers.- IX Non-Conjugated Polymers.- Collective Phenomena in Polypeptides..- Photopolymers for Optical Memories and Waveguides.- Polymeric Electrets.- Electronic Processes in Polymeric Dielectrics Under High Electrical Fields..- Polymeric, Electrically Conducting ?-(p.Diisocyanobenzene)-2, 3-naphthalocyaninatoiron(II)..- Electrical Resistivity and IR Behaviour of Metal-Free and Copper Phthalocyanine - Carbon Black Mixtures..- X Related Topics.- Charge Density Waves and Electrical Instabilities in Niobium Triselenide and Similar Compounds..- Silicon Technology vs. Molecular Electronics.- Index of Contributors.