Molecular electronics, electrically active polymers

In this chapter, the application of this technique to the thin film processing of electroactive polymers is discussed. The fabrication of controlled molecular assemblies of electroactive polymers provides a unique opportunity to investigate the structure-property and structure-function relationships of multilayer thin films containing electrically conductive, optically nonlinear and redox active polymers. These assemblies can also be coupled to appropriate solid supports for application in such molecular electronic devices as ultrathin electrodes and transistors, opticd waveguides and switches, and chemical and biochemical microelectronic sensors. 

The half wave potentials of low molecular MPe (2) and polyMPc (86) are in the same order Therefore the active centers in (86) are also active for 02-reduction. The higher activity of poIyMPc compared with MPe (Fig. 10) may be due to higher electrical conductivity (electron transport) of the polymer. 

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