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Cover Picture: Facile Solid‐State Synthesis of Highly Conducting Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6/2003)
Author(s) -
Meng Hong,
Perepichka Dmitrii F.,
Wudl Fred
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390169
Subject(s) - poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) , solid state , materials science , polymer , bromine , cover (algebra) , conductive polymer , intermolecular force , doping , polymer chemistry , conductivity , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , chemistry , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , molecule , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering , metallurgy
The solid‐state synthesis of a conducting polymer was achieved by gentle heating of 2,5‐dibromo‐3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene, the colorless crystals of which are characterized by intermolecular BrBr contacts of just 3.45 Å. The bromine‐doped black poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) crystals show a high conductivity of 80 S cm −1 . Thin films of the conducting polymer can also be easily fabricated. For more information see the communication by Wudl et al. on page 658 ff.