Dioxypyrrole and dioxythiophene based conducting polymers: properties and applications

We have focused recent efforts on developing an understanding of how to opt imise the electrical, spectroscopic, electrochemical and physical propertie s of poly(3,4-alkyenedioxythiophene) (PXDOT) and poly(3,4-alkylenedioxypyrr ole) (PXDOP) based conjugated polymers. Here we present the results of the temperature dependence of the de and microwave conductivity, as well as mag netic susceptibility and reflectance data, for electrochemically synthesize d, free standing, PXDOT and PXDOP films doped with different organic anions . The polymers have properties that are characteristic of disordered materi als near the insulator-metal transition (IMT). We also investigate the poss ibility of applying these polymers as the active layer in visible and IR li ght emissivity control devices.