An. Lachinov et al., ELECTRON INSTABILITY IN THIN POLYMER-FILMS - HIGHLY CONDUCTING STATE AND ITS PROPERTIES, Synthetic metals, 57(2-3), 1993, pp. 5046-5051
The present paper discusses experimental results obtained during the i
nvestigations of electron inst.abilities in the thin films of poly(3,3
'-phthalidylidene-4,4'-biphenylylene) (PPB). A common feature for all
these phenomena is that. they are characterized by the dielectric-meta
l phase transition which is initiated by external effects of abnormall
y low values. The latter include uniaxial pressure, electric field, an
d temperature. Possible mechanisms of electron inst.abilities in thin
polymer films are discussed.