Nm. Alpatova et al., THE ROLE OF THE FORMATION OF CONDUCTING PHASE NUCLEI IN THE REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS OF POLYANILINE, Russian journal of electrochemistry, 32(5), 1996, pp. 584-587
The kinetics of two redox transitions of polyaniline is studied. The p
rocess of the formation of conducting phase nuclei within a non-conduc
ting matrix is shown to play a determining role. This process correspo
nds to the anodic and cathodic reactions of the I and II redox transit
ions, respectively. The term electrochemical phase transition is propo
sed for the insulator-conductor transformation.