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Electrically Conducting Polymers

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Plastics have long been used as insulators throughout the electronics industry, but recently new classes of polymers have been discovered that have appreciable electronic conductivities. The best of these to date has a conductivity only a single order of magnitude below that of copper, while a surprising range of other polymers have conductivities just a few orders further below. This number of conducting polymers suggests that electronic conductivity in such organic systems may be more widespread a phenomenon than has previously been recognized.

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  1. Department of Applied Physical Sciences, Coventry Polytechnic, Priory Street, Coventry, CVI 5FB, UK

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  1. Coventry Polytechnic, Coventry, England

    L. S. Miller

  2. Electronic Materials Consultancy, Malvern, England

    J. B. Mullin

  3. Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, England

    J. B. Mullin

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Walton, D.J. (1991). Electrically Conducting Polymers. In: Miller, L.S., Mullin, J.B. (eds) Electronic Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3818-9_30

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