| Abstract: | Organic polymer films with intrinsic conductivity can be produced in a continuous process directly from the monomers by anodic oxidation. This paper describes the synthesis, the scope available for variation in the process, and the main properties of the new polymers. Electrochemical oxidation, e.g. of pyrrole to polypyrrole, is a new polymerization principle that differs essentially from those adopted for classical plastics, i.e. radical or ionic polymerization and polyaddition or polycondensation techniques. It is not only the principle underlying the synthesis that differs, and the properties of the new polymers are unusual. |
