Conducting Polymers A New Era in Electrochemistry /

• Main Author: Inzelt, György (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Monographs in Electrochemistry,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Electrochemistry.; Polymers.; Chemical engineering.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Ecotoxicology.; Polymer Sciences.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

The discovery of polymers with variable conductivity brought forth a paradigmatic change in chemistry and in other branches of science and technology. Electrochemistry has played a central role in the preparation, characterization and application of these new materials. This book is a systematic sur...

Table of Contents:

• Classification of Electrochemically Active Polymers
• Methods of Investigation
• Chemical and Electrochemical Syntheses of Conducting Polymers
• Thermodynamic Considerations
• Redox Transformations and Transport Processes
• Applications of Conducting Polymers
• Historical Background (Or: There Is Nothing New Under the Sun).