Processability and Order in Conducting Polymers

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Processability and intrinsic anisotropy in electrical and optical prop erties are of fundamental and technological importance in the area of conducting polymers. Investigation of both aspects has seen unprecedented advances in the last two years. Focusing on conducting polymers at the molecular level (chain) experimentally and theoretically has contributed to such advances, and only by combining both efforts could that occur. On the one hand, intrinsic anisotropy constitutes a unique aspect that derives from the weak inter-chain interaction and from the π-electron delocalization along the polymer backbone. On the other hand, processability is of importance for it allows (i) the study of the polymers' intrinsic properties and their doped derivatives; and (ii) the polymers tractability is crucial in many technological applications. Combining both aspects in a conducting polymer constitutes an important achievement for it allows to obtain for example, fiber-forming materials (for structural purposes) with anisotropy and conductivity. Both aspects are strongly influenced by the polymer's morphology which is a very important parameter in this study.

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