THIOPHENE OLIGOMERS AS POLYTHIOPHENE MODELS .3. CONDUCTIVE AND CAPACITIVE BEHAVIOR OF END-CAPPED OLIGOTHIENYLS AS THIN-FILMS - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONDUCTION MECHANISM AND TO THE FARADAIC CAPACITIVE DEBATE OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
G. Zotti et al., THIOPHENE OLIGOMERS AS POLYTHIOPHENE MODELS .3. CONDUCTIVE AND CAPACITIVE BEHAVIOR OF END-CAPPED OLIGOTHIENYLS AS THIN-FILMS - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONDUCTION MECHANISM AND TO THE FARADAIC CAPACITIVE DEBATE OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS, Advanced materials, 5(7-8), 1993, pp. 551-554
The real nature of the mechanism of bipolaron conduction in conducting
polymers and the discussion as to whether the charging-discharging cu
rrents in these materials are of a capacitive or a redox nature are ce
ntral questions in conducting polymer research. Here, a number of meth
yl end-capped thiophene oligomers are studied using cyclic voltammetry
in order to provide some of the answers.