Conjugated Polymers Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization

The first book of the third edition of the best-selling Handbook of Conducting Polymers focuses on the concepts and basic physical aspects needed to understand the behavior and performance of conjugated polymers. Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization initially examines the theories behind p-conjugated materials and electron-lattice dynamics in organic systems. Subsequent chapters detail synthesis methods and electrical and physical properties of the full family of conducting polymers, including polyacetylenes, polyanilines, poly(arylene vinylenes), poly(arylene ethynylenes), and polyheterocycles. This third edition retains the expertise of the editors and contributors while providing superior coverage of recent advances.

Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now divided into two books, the third edition continues to retain the excellent expertise of the editors and world-renowned contributors while providing superior coverage of recent advances in the chemistry, physics, and materials science of conjugated and conducting organic polymers.

Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization, the first volume in the set, focuses on the theories, synthetic methods, and basic physical aspects needed to understand the behavior and performance of conjugated polymers. The book initially examines the theories behind p-conjugated materials and electron-lattice dynamics in organic systems. Subsequent chapters detail synthesis methods and electrical and physical properties of the full family of conducting polymers, including polyacetylenes, polyanilines, poly(arylene vinylenes), poly(arylene ethynylenes), and polyheterocycles.

Featuring topics central to the science and technology of conducting polymers, this book offers easy access to up-to-date information and provides the basis for the second installment in the set.

THEORY OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS
On the Transport, Optical, and Self-Assembly Properties of p-Conjugated Materials: A Combined Theoretical/Experimental Insight
David Beljonne, Jérôme Cornil, Veaceslav Coropceanu,
Demetrio A. da Silva Filho, Victor Geskin, Roberto Lazzaroni,
Philippe Leclère, and Jean-Luc Brédas

Theoretical Studies of Electron-Lattice Dynamics in Organic System
Sven Stafström

SYNTHESIS AND CLASSES OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS
Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal
Kazuo Akagi

Synthesis and Properties of Poly(arylene vinylene)s
Andrew C. Grimsdale and Andrew B. Holmes

Blue-Emitting Poly(para-Phenylene)-Type Polymers
Emil Joachim Wolfgang List and Ullrich Scherf

Poly(paraPhenyleneethynylene)s and Poly(aryleneethynylene)s: Materials with a Bright Future
Uwe H.F. Bunz

Polyaniline Nanofibers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Jiaxing Huang and Richard B. Kaner

Recent Advances in Polypyrrole
Seung Hyun Cho, Ki Tae Song, and Jun Young Lee

Regioregular Polythiophenes
Malika Jeffries-El and Richard D. McCullough

Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Scientific Importance, Remarkable Properties, and Applications
Stephan Kirchmeyer, Knud Reuter, and Jill C. Simpson

Thienothiophenes: From Monomers to Polymers
Gregory A. Sotzing, Venkataramanan Seshadri, and Francis J. Waller

Low Bandgap Conducting Polymers
Seth C. Rasmussen and Martin Pomerantz

Advanced Functional Polythiophenes Based on Tailored Precursors
Philippe Blanchard, Philippe Leriche, Pierre Frère, and Jean Roncali

Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated
Polyelectrolytes
Kirk S. Schanze and Xiaoyong Zhao

PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS
Insulator-Metal Transition and Metallic State in Conducting Polymers
Arthur J. Epstein

One-Dimensional Charge Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanofibers
A.N. Aleshin and Y.W. Park

Structure Studies of p- and s-Conjugated Polymers
Michael J. Winokur

Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers
P. Audebert and Fabien Miomandre

Internal Fields and Electrode Interfaces in Organic Semiconductor Devices: Noninvasive Investigations via Electroabsorption
Thomas M. Brown and Franco Cacialli

Electrochromism of Conjugated Conducting Polymers
Aubrey L. Dyer and John R. Reynolds

Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers
M.P. de Jong, G. Greczynski, W. Osikowicz, R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, M. Fahlman, and W.R. Salaneck

Ultrafast Electron Dynamics and Laser Action in p-Conjugated Semiconductors
Z. Valy Vardeny and O. Korovyanko