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A survey on structure and properties of polymers with metal‐like conductivity
Author(s) -
Wegner Gerhard
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19860010113
Subject(s) - polyacetylene , polymer , conductivity , naphthalene , metal , context (archaeology) , materials science , polymer chemistry , ion , conductive polymer , metal ions in aqueous solution , chemistry , organic chemistry , paleontology , biology
The structure of conducting polymers is discussed in comparison to simple, so‐called organic metals derived from naphthalene and similar arenes. In this context the conducting polymers are viewed as ion‐radical salts of the backbone‐units. This view is substantiated by recent results from X‐ray investigations on electro‐chemically oxidized p‐quaterphenyl as a model for poly (p‐phenylene), polypyrrol salts of detergent ions and oxidized, highly oriented polyacetylene. The stability and other properties related to possible applications can be understood based on these structural and chemical evaluations.