ELECTROCHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION OF INDOLE

Authors
BILLAUD D MAAROUF EB HANNECART E
Citation
D. Billaud et al., ELECTROCHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION OF INDOLE, Polymer, 35(9), 1994, pp. 2010-2011
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
35
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2010 - 2011
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1994)35:9<2010:EPOI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Electrochemical oxidation of indole, C8NH7, in a non-aqueous medium, s uch as a solution of LiClO4 or LiBF4, dissolved in acetonitrile, leads to the formation of polyindole, an air stable conducting polymer that exhibits electrochromic properties. The room temperature electrical c onductivity, in the range 5 x 10(-3)-8 x 10(-2) S cm-1, depends slight ly on the nature of the counterion.