Conducting Polymers A New Era in Electrochemistry
The discovery of polymers with variable conductivity brought forth a paradigmatic change in chemistry and in other branches of science and technology. Electrochemistry has played a central role in the preparation, characterization and application of these
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György Inzelt
Conducting Polymers A New Era in Electrochemistry
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Prof. Dr. György Inzelt Eötvös Loránd University Dept. Physical Chemistry 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/a Hungary [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-75929-4
e-ISBN 978-3-540-75930-0
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-75930-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007941167 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting and Production: le-tex publishing services oHG, Leipzig, Germany Cover design: WMXDesign, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
Elements consisted at first of certain small and primary Coalitions of minute Particles of matter into Corpuscles very numerous and very like each other. It will not be absurd to conceive, that such primary Clusters may be of far more sorts than three or five; and consequenly, that we need not suppose, that each of the compound Bodies we are treating of, there should be found just three sorts of such primitive Coalitions. —Robert Boyle: The Sceptical Chymist, Oxford, 1680.
Preface
Conducting polymers have permeated many fields of electrochemical research. Like metals and alloys, inorganic semiconductors, molecular and electrolyte solutions, and inorganic electroactive solids, they comprise a group of compounds and materials with very specific properties; indeed, there is now a research field focusing on the electrochemistry of conducting polymers. Conducting polymers possess similarities from an electrochemical point of view to all of the other compounds and materials mentioned above, making them a highly fascinating research topic. Furthermore, such research has led to numerous new applications, ranging from corrosion protection to analysis. There are a huge number of electrochemical papers on conducting polymers, and a good number of books on this topic too. However, the editor of the present series of Monographs in Electrochemistry noted that there was no modern monograph on the market in which the electrochemistry of conducting polymers is treated with the appropriate balance of completeness and selectivity. Such a monograph should be written by an active electrochemist who is experienced in the field of conducting polymers, and who
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