The Origins and Early History of Conjugated Organic Polymers
Organic Semiconductors, Synthetic Metals, and the Prehistory of Organic Electronics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 September 2025
- ISBN 9780197638163
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 241x164x23 mm
- Weight 653 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 153 700
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Short description:
Using a range of examples of conducting polymers from the early 19th century onwards, this book shows that the history of conjugated organic polymers begins before the late 1970s, thus rethinking the accepted historical narrative and providing new insights.
MoreLong description:
Conjugated organic polymers first drew significant interest in the late 1970s when metallic-looking plastic films of polyacetylene were shown to exhibit conductivities in the metallic regime after treatment with various oxidizing agents. These results formed the basis for awarding Alan MacDiarmid, Alan Heeger, and Hideki Shirakawa the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the "for the discovery and development of electrically conductive polymers." However, reports of electrically conductive polymers date back to the early 1960s, with the study of conjugated polymers as a whole dating back to the early 19th century.
The Origins and Early History of Conjugated Organic Polymers rethinks the accepted historical narrative of conjugated organic polymers, challenges the established interpretations, and provides new insights into these fascinating electronic materials. Using a range of reader-friendly figures, tables, and illustrations, this book charts the history of the first six primary parent polymers, beginning with the introduction of polyaniline in 1834 and continuing up through the development of polythiophenes and low bandgap polymers in the 1980s.
Thought-provoking and original, The Origins and Early History of Conjugated Organic Polymers presents an authoritative history of the primary conjugated organic materials that now make up the foundations of a significant field of science and technology.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Polyaniline
Polypyrrole
Polyphenylene and poly(phenylene vinylene)
Polyacetylene
Polythiophene
Polyisothianaphthene and the Birth of Low-Bandgap Polymers
Retrospective on the Search for Organic Conductors and the Nature of Discovery
Index
