Conducting Polymers as Intelligent Materials

The areas of application and the ability to characterize and communicate with conducting polymers using emerging technologies highlight the versatile, dynamic, yet controllable, nature of these materials. They undoubtedly possess properties that 

Poly(3 Octylpyrrole) on Al-2024 T3 Immersed in Dilute Harrison Solution 

FIGURE 1.35 SVET map showing electrochemical potential of a metal coated with conducting polymer for corrosion protection—the metal has been scribed. 

The following chapters will describe how the design and assembly of various important polymers can be used to produce predetermined properties. (The synthesis and properties of polypyrroles, polyanilines, and polythiophenes are discussed in detail and differences between these systems emphasized.) A multitude of other CEP systems exist, and the interested reader is referred to the extensive literature now available. Furthermore, the synthesis of CEPs to produce different forms that enable integration of all the functions required for intelligent operation or that allow incorporation into a larger structure will be described. 

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