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:

    1. M. A. White, Properties of Materials, Oxford University Press, New York – 1999.
    2. Handbook of Organic Conductive Molecules and Polymers; Ed. H. S. Nalwa, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1997.

    3. Applications of Electroactive Polymers; Ed. Chapman & Hall, 1993.

    4. Handbook of Conducting Polymers, T. A. Skotheim (ed.), Vol. 1, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1986.

    5. Hall, Neochemistry: Modern Chemistry and its Applications, Bookman, 2004.

    6. Updated articles and reviews.