POLY(O-ETHOXYANILINE) - CONTROL OF STRUCTURE AND CHARGE-TRANSPORT THROUGH DERIVATIZATION

It is shown that a large ring substituent such as -OC2H5 causes the po lyaniline HCl salt to form a different crystal structure. Though there is substantial crystallinity, the bulky side groups make it more diff icult to achieve three-dimensional metallic delocalization and, for th e samples studied, the conduction electrons behave as if localized to single chains.