Chain Rigidity-Processability Correlation in Inherently Conducting Polymers

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Abstract
Electric conducting polymers have been a center of scientific interest and the object of very active multidisciplinary research during the last decade. Polymers as plastic materials have been known and used in numerous technological applications for their low cost, light weight, and flexible properties. The discovery of electrical and optical activities in a certain class of polymers resulted in the development of one of the exciting areas of condensed matter science nowadays. The main characteristic required for electrical and optical activity in a polymer is a conjugated backbone which can be subject to oxidation or reduction by electron acceptors or donors, resulting in what are frequently termed p-type or n-type doped materials, respectively. Via the formation of a complex between the polymer and the dopant, a considerable increase in the electron mobility and, therefore, the electrical conductivity is obtained.