CONDUCTIVITY IN REDOX MODIFIED CONDUCTING POLYMERS - IN-SITU CONDUCTIVITY OF POLY(CYCLOPENTADITHIOPHENES) BEARING P-NITRO-PHENYL AND 4-N-METHYLPYRIDINIUM GROUPS
G. Zotti et al., CONDUCTIVITY IN REDOX MODIFIED CONDUCTING POLYMERS - IN-SITU CONDUCTIVITY OF POLY(CYCLOPENTADITHIOPHENES) BEARING P-NITRO-PHENYL AND 4-N-METHYLPYRIDINIUM GROUPS, Advanced materials, 7(1), 1995, pp. 48-51
Communication: Redox-modified polythiophenes exhibiting the highest mi
xed-valence conductivities of any polymer containing a pendant redox g
roup are reported. The ordering of the polymer, in which the backbone
has been oxidized to a bipolaron conducting state and the redox sites
have been reduced to a mixed-valence conducting state, encourages inte
r-site hopping and results in the high conductivities. Electron intera
ctions are shown not have an influence on the conduction.