Semiconducting polymers : applications, properties, and synthesis ; [based on an international symposium "Semiconducting Polymers" held as part of the 215th ACS National Meeting in Dallas on March 29-30, 1998

Content: Electroplastics for plastic electronics / Bing R. Hsieh and Yen Wei -- Imaging and electrical resistivity measurements of disordered carbon-black-polymer composites / Michael B. Heaney -- The effect of dopant counter ion on the conductivity and morphology of polyaniline-nylon blends / Alan R. Hopkins, Paul G. Rasmussen, Rafil A. Basheer, B.K. Annis, and G.D. Wignall -- Dependence of electrical and optical properties on the morphology and microstructure of polyaniline / S.S. Hardaker, K. Eaiprasertsak, J. Yon, R.V. Gregory, G.X. Tessema, R. Ou, C. Cha, and R.J. Samuels -- Electrospectroscopic studies on polyimides and their model compounds containing trianiline segments / X.S. Meng, P. Desjardins, and Z.Y. Wang -- Conducting, waterborne lignosulfonic acid-doped polyaniline / M. Sudhakar, A.D. Toland, and T. Viswanathan -- Direct evaluation of injection efficiency from metals into trap-free small-molecule-based transport layers : probing the details of interface formation / M. Abkowitz, A. Ioannidis, and J.S. Facci -- Interface control of polymer- and oligomer-based light-emitting devices / A.J. Epstein and Y.Z. Wang -- Polymer-metal interfaces and the P-I-N structure of the polymer light-emitting diode / Yang Yang and Jayesh M. Bharathan -- Ion migration effects in the degradation of polymeric electroluminescent devices / James R. Sheats, Ying-Lan Chang, and Daniel Roitman -- Conjugated polymer blends as emitting layer for white light LED / Show-An Chen and En-Chung Chang -- Polyanilines : progress in processing and applications / Vaman G. Kulkarni -- Doped polymer light-emitting devices and sensors for volatile organic compounds / Alan G. MacDiarmid, Feng Huang, and Jing Feng -- Electroconducting fibers / Joseph A. Swift and Lewis O. Jones -- Organic and polymeric materials for the fabrication of thin film field-effect transistors / Zhenan Bao -- New photoluminescent display devices / Christoph Weder, Andrea Montali, Christian Sarwa, Cees Bastiaansen, and Paul Smith -- Thermally stable intrinsically conductive polymer-carbon black composites as new additives for plastics / Jamshid K. Avlyanov and Sam Dahman -- Review of poly(bis(dialkylamino)phenylene vinylene)s as corrosion-inhibiting materials / Peter Zarras, John D. Stenger-Smith, Gregory S. Ostrom, and Melvin H. Miles -- Water-containing ionically conductive polymers : applications and chemistry / James K. Young, Rosa Uy, Timothy M. Dietz, Michael R. Engel, and Steven S. Kantner -- Construction of oriented and patterned conjugated polymers / Liming Dai, Berthold Winkler, Shaoming Huang, and Albert W.H. Mau -- Tuning the extent of conjugation in processable polythiophenes through control of side chain density and regioregularity / Seth C. Rasmussen, Bennett D. Straw, and James E. Hutchison -- Lowering the band gap of ethylenedioxythiophene polymers : cyanovinylene-linked biheterocycles / Christopher A. Thomas and John R. Reynolds -- Silylene-tethered divinylarene copolymers : a new class of electroluminescent polymer / Tien-Yau Luh, Ruey-Min Chen, Zhenbo Deng, and Shuit-Tong Lee -- Electroactive aniline oligomers of well-defined structures and their polymeric derivatives / Yen Wei, Shuxi Li, Xinru Jia, Ming-Hsiung Cheng, Mat W. Mathai, Jui-Min Yeh, Wei Li, Susan A. Jansen, Zhi Yuan Wang, Chuncai Yang, Jian Ping Gao, Moshe Narkis, Arnon Siegmann, and Bing R. Hsieh -- Vapor phase molecular epitaxy via self-assembly reactions / Vladimir Burtman, Alexander Zelichenok, Aharon Yakimov, and Shlomo Yitzchaik -- Multilayer growth, optical properties, and film uniformity of zinc-bisquinoline assemblies / D.L. Thomsen, III, T. Phely-Bobin, and F. Papadimitrakopoulos -- The construction of circuitry using spatially coupled bipolar electrochemistry / Jean-Claude Bradley, Zhongming Ma, Shanthi Christaffer, Jeffrey Crawford, Karima Ernazarova, and Samuel G. Stephens.

Once thought to be a likely replacement for copper wires, electronic conductive polymers are beginning to find applications in a variety of electronic devices. Applications under development include plastic displays, transistors, photodiodes, plastic fuel cells, light-emitting printable plastic inks, and chemical and biological sensors. This book examines the most recent developments in electronic conductive polymers and includes work from many of the leaders in the field. A comprehensive volume, it covers properties, applications, synthesis, processing and device fabrication for semiconducting polymers. It includes a number of chapters on ionic and carbon-filled conductive polymers with important industrial uses. It concludes with a look at future developments and suggestions for future research.

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Consists of papers presented at a March 1998 symposium, plus several invited review papers, on filled polymers and ionically conducting polymers, conducting polymers, charge transfer polymers, and polymer LEDs. Papers are in sections on properties, device applications, and synthesis and fabrication. Specific topics include ion migration effects in the degradation of polymeric electroluminescent devices, electroconducting fibers, water-conducting ionically conductive polymers, and vapor phase molecular epitaxy via self-assembly reactions. The editors are affiliated with Xerox Corporation and Drexel University. Distributed by Oxford. U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Once thought to be a likely replacement for copper wires, electronic conductive polymers are finding applications in a variety of devices. This book examines developments in electronic conductive polymers, covering properties, applications, synthesis, processing and device fabrication.