Conducting Polymers

• Perspective
• Technology in Brief

Major Findings

• Overview
• Limited Early Success
• Issues and Commercialization
• Scope and Methodology

Emergence of Conducting Polymers

Conductivities

• Trend Toward Polymer Usage
• Behavior in an Electrical Field
• Polymer Structure
• Pyrolytic Polymers

Amorphous Nature

• Overview
• Charge Carriers
• Emergence of the Conductive Polymer
• Partial Oxidation of Polyacetylene
• Other Conducting Polymers
• Studies of Polyaniline

Commercialization

• Overview
• Optimizing Conductivity
• Advantages
• Environmentally Friendly
• Organic Semiconductor Transistors
• All-Plastic Batteries
• Processability

Conjugated Polymers

Solar Energy

Diodes

Smart Technologies

US-Based Research Organizations

International Research Organizations

US-Based Companies

International Companies

Patents and Bibliography

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