Highly conducting polyacetylene

N. Theophilou; D. B. Swanson; A. G. Macdiarmid; A. Chakraborty; H. H.S. Javadi; R. P. McCall; S. P. Treat; F. Zuo; A. J. Epstein

doi:10.1016/0379-6779(89)90671-1

Highly conducting polyacetylene

N. Theophilou, D. B. Swanson, A. G. Macdiarmid, A. Chakraborty, H. H.S. Javadi, R. P. McCall, S. P. Treat, F. Zuo, A. J. Epstein

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"New"-(CH) _x and "ARA" (i.e. Additional Reducing Agent)-(CH)_x have been synthesized at room temperature. "New"-(CH)_x is formed by polymerizing acetylene on flat polymeric or glass substrates using an AlEt₃/Ti (n-BuO)₄ catalyst in silicone oil which has previously been heat-treated. Additional reducing agents may be added to the catalyst after its thermal treatment to produce "ARA"-(CH)_x. The stretch-oriented "New"-(CH)_x polymerized on glass and "ARA"-(CH)_x polymerized on polyethylene can be p-doped with I₂/CCl₄ to give conductivities of ∼50,000 and ∼75,000 S/cm respectively. Optical absorption, photoinduced infrared absorption, magnetic susceptibility and conductivity studies on selected forms of the above doped and undoped types of (CH)_x are discussed. The electronic structure of highly conducting "New"-and "ARA"-(CH)_x is observed to be essentially identical to that of conventional Shirakawa-(CH)_x.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	D35-D42
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(89)90671-1
State	Published - Feb 20 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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