Conducting Polymers : Synthesis, Properties and Applications

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

This book, written by leading experts of the international scientific community, is divided into 10 chapters and gives a comprehensive review of the important aspects of conducting polymers. Synthetic methodologies of these polymers and their nacomposites along with their electrical and electrochemical properties are described herein. Application of the conducting polymers for sensors, solar cells and lithium batteries are also presented. The editor and all contributors believe the subjects highlighted are important topics in the field of conducting polymers and make this book a very useful scientific support to a large audience of readers, from students to senior researchers in the academic community and from engineers to business people in different industrial sectors.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]

Preface                                            vii
    Chapter 1 Current Synthetic Methodologies      1  (26)
    for Semiconducting Polymers
          Paulo C. M. L. Miranda
          Lindomar A. dos Reis
          Jason G. Taylor
    Chapter 2 Binary Conducting Copolymers         27 (26)
    Based on Benzene, Biphenyl, Thiophene and
    Pyrrole
          Johannis Simitzis
          Despina Triantou
          Spyridon Soulis
    Chapter 3 Basics and New Insights in the       53 (38)
    Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers
          F. Miomandre
          P. Audebert
    Chapter 4 Synthesis, Characterization and      91 (64)
    Applications of Conducting Polymers and
    Their Nanocomposites
          Jasper Chiguma
          Edwin Johnson
          Preya Shah
          Jessica Rivera
          Natalya Gornopolskaya
          Eliud Mushibe
          Wayne E. Jones, Jr.
    Chapter 5 Synthesis, Characterization and      155(24)
    Applications of Conducting Polymer-Clay
    Nanocomposites
          Gustavo Morari do Nascimento
    Chapter 6 Synthesis, Electrical Properties     179(22)
    and Applications of Conducting Polymer
    Nanotubes and Nanofibers
          Yun-Ze Long
          Bin Sun
          Zhi-Ming Zhang
          Hong-Di Zhang
          Chang-Zhi Gu
    Chapter 7 Synthesis and Characterization of    201(52)
    New Composites Based in Nanowires of
    Conducting Polymers Included in
    Nanostructured Hosts
          Marcos B. Gomez Costa
          Maria L. Martinez
          Juliana M. Juarez
          Oscar A. Anunziata
    Chapter 8 Functional Conducting Polymers       253(38)
    for DNA Sensing
          Chunhua Luo
          Yiting Wang
          Hui Peng
    Chapter 9 Conducting Polymers in Lithium       291(24)
    Batteries
          David Lepage
          Christian Kuss
          Steen B. S'chougaard
    Chapter 10 Conducting Organic Polymers in      315(30)
    Hybrid, Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar
    Cells
          Youhai Yu
          Gerardo Teran-Escobar
          Jose M. Caicedo
          Irene Gonzalez-Valls
          Monica Lira-Cantu
Index                                              345