Conducting Polymers
Code: CEM 176
Credits: 05
Elective subject
Contents:
- History
- Structure and properties of conducting polymers
- Band Theory
- Insulating, conductive and semiconductor materials
- Processes of doping and de-doping of conducting polymers
- Chemical synthesis of conducting polymers
- Electropolymerization methods - Electrochemical techniques
- Copolymers, blends and composites
- Characterization of polymeric films
- Morphological analysis: atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy
- Electrical properties: conductivity measurements, electrochemical techniques
- Optical properties: UV-visible-NIR region and fluorescence spectroscopy
- Applications: batteries, capacitors, electrochromic devices, solar cells, LEDs, sensors, etc.
References:
- M. A. White, Properties of Materials, Oxford University Press, New York – 1999.
- Handbook of Organic Conductive Molecules and Polymers; Ed. H. S. Nalwa, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1997.
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Applications of Electroactive Polymers; Ed. Chapman & Hall, 1993.
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Handbook of Conducting Polymers, T. A. Skotheim (ed.), Vol. 1, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1986.
- Hall, Neochemistry: Modern Chemistry and its Applications, Bookman, 2004.
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Updated articles and reviews.