Semiconducting Metallic Organic Polymers applications

The significance of the semiconductivity of organic dyes and other classes of organic solids, such as charge-transfer complexes, which behave in some ways like metals 7> or polymers 8>9>, is to day beyond doubt. The possible industrial applications of this new class of semiconductors are, however, still in the discussion stage. 

The literature of polyimines is extensive [164-173]. A number of researchers have tried to synthesize high molecular weight polymers but failed due to poor solubility in organic solvents. Polyimines are of great interest because of their high thermal stability [174-176], ability to form metal chelates [174-177], and their semiconducting properties [178-181]. Due to insolubility and infusibility, which impeded characterization of the molecular structure, the application of these polymers is very limited and of little commercial importance. 

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