Polymer electronics / Mark Geoghegan and Georges Hadziioannou.

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Polymer electronics lies behind many important new developments in technology, such as the flexible electronic display (e-ink) and modern transistor technology. This book presents a thorough discussion of the physics and chemistry behind this exciting field, appealing to all physical scientists with an interest in polymer electronics.

Cover; Contents; 1 Polymer electronics; 1.1 A history of polymer electronics; 1.2 Future applications of polymer electronics; 1.2.1 Lighting and display technology; 1.2.2 Transistors; 1.2.3 Radio frequency identification tags; 1.2.4 Superconductivity; 1.2.5 Spintronics; 1.2.6 Biological hybrid systems; 1.3 Challenges; 1.4 Further reading; 2 Electronic structure and band theory; 2.1 Conductivity; 2.2 The free electron model; 2.3 Band theory; 2.3.1 Lattice periodicity and Bloch theory; 2.3.2 The Kronig-Penney model; 2.4 Energy bands in polymers; 2.4.1 Linear combination of atomic orbitals

2.4.2 Energy bands2.4.3 Su-Schrieffer-Heeger theory; 2.4.4 Solitons; 2.4.5 Doping; 2.5 Further reading; 2.6 Exercises; 3 Beyond polyacetylene; 3.1 The quinoid conformation and PPP; 3.2 PPV; 3.3 Polythiophene; 3.4 Polypyrrole; 3.5 Polyaniline; 3.6 More on the limits to the conjugation of polymers; 3.7 Ladder polymers; 3.8 Synthetic metals and low band gap polymers; 3.8.1 Sheet resistance; 3.9 Buckminsterfullerene, carbon nanotubes, and graphene; 3.9.1 Buckminsterfullerene; 3.9.2 Carbon nanotubes; 3.9.3 Graphene; 3.10 Further reading; 3.11 Exercises; 4 Optoelectronic properties

5.5.2 Electron and hole injection under an applied electric field5.5.3 Electrodes; 5.5.4 Transport across the barrier; 5.6 Further reading; 5.7 Exercises; 6 Synthesis and macromolecular design; 6.1 Polymerization; 6.1.1 Carothers equation; 6.2 Macromolecular design; 6.2.1 Solubility; 6.2.2 Doping; 6.2.3 Control of the band gap; 6.2.4 Charge transport requirements; 6.2.5 Improved optoelectronic behaviour; 6.3 Coupling and cross-coupling reactions; 6.3.1 Stille coupling; 6.3.2 Suzuki coupling; 6.3.3 Kumada coupling; 6.3.4 Yamamoto coupling; 6.3.5 Sonogashira coupling; 6.3.6 The Heck reaction

6.4 Synthesis of polyacetylene6.4.1 The Ziegler-Natta catalysis route to polyacetylene; 6.4.2 Durham polyacetylene; 6.5 Synthesis of poly(para-phenylene); 6.6 Synthesis of poly(phenylene vinylene); 6.6.1 Direct synthesis of PPV; 6.6.2 Precursor routes to PPV; 6.7 Synthesis of polythiophenes; 6.7.1 Condensation reaction routes to polythiophenes; 6.7.2 Grignard metathesis; 6.7.3 Synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene); 6.8 Polyaniline synthesis; 6.9 Electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole; 6.10 Further reading; 6.11 Exercises; 7 The physics of polymers; 7.1 Persistence length

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