The Aqueous Electrochemistry of Polyacetylene (CH) sub X, and Polyparaphenylene
Abstract
Polyacetylene, (CH)X, and polyaniline, two completely different types of conducting polymers, i.e., organic polymers which upon doping exhibit the electrical, electronic, and magnetic properties of metals while retaining the mechanical and related properties characteristic of conventional polymers, have been investigated. Studies include the synthesis, doping, electrochemistry and selected physical properties of these materials. It has been found that the polyacetylene chains in trans-(CH)X lie parallel to the fibril axis and that the electrical and optical properties are consistent with the principal pi electrical transport occurring along the (CH)X chains. Polyacetylene can be epitaxially polymerized from the gas phase on to single crystal faces of biphenyl which have been coated with a very thin layer of catalyst. Synthesis, Doping, Electrochemistry, Magnetic and electronic properties, Epitaxial polymerization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201461
Entities
People
- Alan G. Macdiarmid
Organizations
- University of Pennsylvania