Self-Doped Conducting Polymers, Hardcover by Freund, Michael S.; Deore, Bhavana A., ISBN 0470029692, ISBN-13 9780470029695, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Applications and advances abound in the field of organic conducting polymers, largely due to the vast amount of research already done on organic chemistry, polymer science, electronic materials and solid-state physics. Freund and Deore (both: chemistry, U. of Manitoba) describe the wide range of up-to-date approaches that have been developed to synthesize, characterize and use self-doped polymers. They begin by describing conducting polymers in general and their mechanisms, including p-type and n-type doping and auto doping. They describe recent applications such as transistors and e-beam lithography, then explain self-doped derivatives of polyaniline, including nanostructures. They continue with boronic acid substituted self-doped polyaniline, including their properties and applications, then move to self-doped polythiophenes and miscellaneous self-doped polymers including carboxylic derivatives. The result is a compact and well-organized reference that should spark interest in new applications, materials and processes. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()