ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract In order to optimize the properties of organic conducting polymers we analysed the effect of structure and dopant. The substitution of theβ carbon atoms in thiophene leads to a higher regularity in the corresponding polymer, obtained by electrochemical oxidation. The trifluoromethylsulphonate anion appears to be the best fitting dopant, allowing a 1∶2 doping level of the polymer. Transmission electron microscopy reveals crystal patterns for this highly doped polymer. The obtained electron diffraction and X-ray data are consistent with a hexagonal lattice. The discussion of these results lead us to propose a coil structure for this organic conducting polymer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00553029
