Counterion-induced processibility of polyaniline: Transport at the metal-insulator boundary

Probing intrinsic transport properties of single metal nanowires: Direct-write contact formation using a focused ion beam

“…3(b), clearly showing a nonmetallic transport behavior ‫ץ͑‬ / ‫ץ‬T Ͻ 0͒ down to 4 K. This type of conduction behavior has been observed in a wide variety of disordered materials, in which the resistance curves were fitted to a variable range hopping (VRH) model. [14][15][16][17][18][19] The R / T curve of Fig. 3(b) was indeed successfully fitted to a three-dimensional (3D) VRH model, described in Eq.…”

Nobel Lecture: Semiconducting and metallic polymers: The fourth generation of polymeric materials

“…The ''surfactant'' counterions offer an unexpected advantage: they lead to the formation of a self-assembled network morphology in the PANI polyblends . Because of these interpenetrating networks, the threshold for the onset of electrical conductivity in blends with traditional insulating host polymers is reduced to volume fractions well below 1% (Reghu et al, 1993). The PANI network is sufficiently robust that it remains connected and conducting even after the removal of the host polymer, thus opening the way to research in another new direction, the fabrication of novel electrodes for use in electronic devices.…”

Biomimetic Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Materials, Properties, Functions, and Devices

“…[49][50][51][52][53][54] Some monomers, as the trimer thiophene-pyrrole-thiophene, given by electropolymerization oxidized films constituted by short chains that 55,56 by reduction in some organic solvents, give soluble reduced oligomers. 57 The oxidized chains are insoluble and by reduction they solubilize in the electrolyte.…”