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The Electrochemistry of Electronically Conducting Polymers Read chapter Read first chapter

1987 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Are Semiconducting Polymers Polymeric Semiconductors?: Polyaniline as an Example of “Conducting Polymers”

Authors : Arthur J. Epstein, John M. Ginder, Alan F. Richter, Alan G. MacDiarmid

Published in: Conducting Polymers

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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The general concepts of quasi-one-dimensional conducting polymers are introduced including the role of band theory, electron-phonon interactions, the Peierls ground state, and commensurability. The dominant defect states present upon doping, solitons, polarons and bipolarons, are discussed. Application of these concepts to polyaniline is made with emphasis on the mechanism for the insulator-to-metal transition.

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Title
Are Semiconducting Polymers Polymeric Semiconductors?: Polyaniline as an Example of “Conducting Polymers”
Authors
Arthur J. Epstein
John M. Ginder
Alan F. Richter
Alan G. MacDiarmid
Copyright Year
1987
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Conducting Polymers

Print ISBN: 978-94-010-8234-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-009-3907-3

Copyright Year: 1987

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3907-3_10