Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials

摘要

The discovery that the conductiv-ity of conjugated Organic polymers can be controlled through oxidation or reduction has led to materials combining the electronic and optical properties of traditional inorganic materials with the weight, flexibility, and processability of plastics. As a result, these materials are of considerable fundamental and technological interest, with a variety of applications, including their use in sensors, electro-chromic devices, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic devices, and field-effect transistors. The impact of these materials was widely recognized with the awarding of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa for the discovery and development of conjugated polymers.