1st Edition
by Pradip Kar (Author)
An A-to-Z of doping including
its definition, its importance, methods of measurement, advantages and
disadvantages, properties and characteristics―and role in conjugated
polymers
The versatility of polymer materials is expanding
because of the introduction of electro-active behavior into the
characteristics of some of them. The most exciting development in this
area is related to the discovery of intrinsically conductive polymers or
conjugated polymers, which include such examples as polyacetylene,
polyaniline, polypyrrole, and polythiophene as well as their
derivatives. "Synmet" or "synthetic metal" conjugated polymers, with
their metallic characteristics, including conductivity, are of special
interest to researchers. An area of limitless potential and application,
conjugated polymers have sparked enormous interest, beginning in 2000
when the Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of electrically
conducting conjugated polymers was awarded to three scientists: Alan J.
Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa.
Conjugated
polymers have a combination of properties―both metallic (conductivity)
and polymeric; doping gives the conjugated polymer's semiconducting a
wide range of conductivity, from insulating to low conducting. The
doping process is a tested effective method for producing conducting
polymers as semiconducting material, providing a substitute for
inorganic semiconductors.
Doping in Conjugated Polymers is
the first book dedicated to the subject and offers a comprehensive
A-to-Z overview. It details doping interaction, dopant types, doping
techniques, and the influence of the dopant on applications. It explains
how the performance of doped conjugated polymers is greatly influenced
by the nature of the dopants and their level of distribution within the
polymer, and shows how the electrochemical, mechanical, and optical
properties of the doped conjugated polymers can be tailored by
controlling the size and mobility of the dopants counter ions.
The book also examines doping at the nanoscale, in particular, with carbon nanotubes.
Readership
The book will interest a broad range of researchers including chemists,
electrochemists, biochemists, experimental and theoretical physicists,
electronic and electrical engineers, polymer and materials scientists.
It can also be used in both graduate and upper-level undergraduate
courses on conjugated polymers and polymer technology.
