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Notes:
  1. The @[email protected] of a conjugated polymer is markedly increased by doping it with an @[email protected] or acceptor, as in the case of polyacetylene doped with iodine.
  2. A polymer showing a substantial increase in @[email protected] upon @[email protected] with @[email protected] or @[email protected] light is called a photoconductive polymer; an example is poly(N-vinylcarbazole).
  3. A polymer that shows @[email protected] due to the transport of ionic species is called an ion-conducting polymer; an example is sulfonated polyaniline. When the transported ionic species is a @[email protected] as, e.g., in the case of fuel cells, it is called a @[email protected] polymer.
  4. A polymer that shows electric semiconductivity is called a semiconducting polymer.
  5. @[email protected] of a non-conducting polymer can be achieved by dispersing conducting particles (e.g., metal, @[email protected]) in the polymer. The resulting materials are referred to as conducting polymer composites or solid polymer-electrolyte composites.
See also:
conductivity
,
photoconductivity
,
semiconductor
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. (Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 898 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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