Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now divided into two books, the third edition continues to retain the excellent expertise of the editors and world-renowned contributors while providing superior coverage of recent advances in the chemistry, physics, and materials science of conjugated and conducting organic polymers. Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization, the first volume in the set, focuses on the theories, synthetic methods, and basic physical aspects needed to understand the behavior and performance of conjugated polymers. The book initially examines the theories behind p-conjugated materials and electron-lattice dynamics in organic systems. Subsequent chapters detail synthesis methods and electrical and physical properties of the full family of conducting polymers, including polyacetylenes, polyanilines, poly(arylene vinylenes), poly(arylene ethynylenes), and polyheterocycles. Featuring topics central to the science and technology of conducting polymers, this book offers easy access to up-to-date information and provides the basis for the second installment in the set.

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THEORY OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS On the Transport, Optical, and Self-Assembly Properties of p-Conjugated Materials: A Combined Theoretical/Experimental Insight David Beljonne, Jérôme Cornil, Veaceslav Coropceanu, Demetrio A. da Silva Filho, Victor Geskin, Roberto Lazzaroni, Philippe Leclère, and Jean-Luc Brédas Theoretical Studies of Electron-Lattice Dynamics in Organic System Sven Stafström SYNTHESIS AND CLASSES OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Kazuo Akagi Synthesis and Properties of Poly(arylene vinylene)s Andrew C. Grimsdale and Andrew B. Holmes Blue-Emitting Poly(para-Phenylene)-Type Polymers Emil Joachim Wolfgang List and Ullrich Scherf Poly(paraPhenyleneethynylene)s and Poly(aryleneethynylene)s: Materials with a Bright Future Uwe H.F. Bunz Polyaniline Nanofibers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications Jiaxing Huang and Richard B. Kaner Recent Advances in Polypyrrole Seung Hyun Cho, Ki Tae Song, and Jun Young Lee Regioregular Polythiophenes Malika Jeffries-El and Richard D. McCullough Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Scientific Importance, Remarkable Properties, and Applications Stephan Kirchmeyer, Knud Reuter, and Jill C. Simpson Thienothiophenes: From Monomers to Polymers Gregory A. Sotzing, Venkataramanan Seshadri, and Francis J. Waller Low Bandgap Conducting Polymers Seth C. Rasmussen and Martin Pomerantz Advanced Functional Polythiophenes Based on Tailored Precursors Philippe Blanchard, Philippe Leriche, Pierre Frère, and Jean Roncali Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Kirk S. Schanze and Xiaoyong Zhao PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS Insulator-Metal Transition and Metallic State in Conducting Polymers Arthur J. Epstein One-Dimensional Charge Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanofibers A.N. Aleshin and Y.W. Park Structure Studies of p- and s-Conjugated Polymers Michael J. Winokur Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers P. Audebert and Fabien Miomandre Internal Fields and Electrode Interfaces in Organic Semiconductor Devices: Noninvasive Investigations via Electroabsorption Thomas M. Brown and Franco Cacialli Electrochromism of Conjugated Conducting Polymers Aubrey L. Dyer and John R. Reynolds Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers M.P. de Jong, G. Greczynski, W. Osikowicz, R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, M. Fahlman, and W.R. Salaneck Ultrafast Electron Dynamics and Laser Action in p-Conjugated Semiconductors Z. Valy Vardeny and O. Korovyanko