Report: Conductive Polymers: Ease of Processing Spearheads Commercial Success--3rd Edition TOC

Conducting Polymers: Perspective; Technology in Brief
Major Findings: Overview; Limited Early Success; Issues and Commercialization; Scope and Methodology

Emergence of Conducting Polymers: Trend Toward Polymer Usage; Behavior in an Electrical Field; Polymer Structure; Pyrolytic Polymers
Conductivities: Overview; Charge Carriers; Emergence of the Conductive Polymer; Partial Oxidation of Polyacetylene; Other Conducting Polymers; Studies of Polyaniline; Amorphous Nature; Overview; Optimizing Conductivity; Advantages; Environmentally Friendly; Organic Semiconductor Transistors; All-Plastic Batteries; Processability; Commercialization; Microelectronics; Lithography; Scanning Electron Microscopy
Conducting Resists: Photosensitive Oxidants; Metallization; Corrosion Protection; Electrostatic Discharge Protection; Additional Products; Challenges

Conjugated Polymers: Aniline Copolymers; Painting Displays; Electrochromic Displays; Batteries; Ultracapacitors; Composites; Supercritical Fluids; Sensors; Conducting Nanotubes and Proton Conducting Polymers; Static Control; Inherently Dissipative and Conductive Polymers
Solar Energy: Solar Cells; Photovoltaics
Diodes: LEDs; OLEDs; Nanocylinders; Nanolithography
Smart Technologies: Smart Packaging; Smart Radar

US-Based Research Organizations: Clemson University; Duke University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Ohio State University; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories; University of Arizona; University of California at Santa Barbara; University of Connecticut; University of Cincinnati; University of Florida; University of Minnesota; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska; University of Pennsylvania; University of Texas at Austin; University of Utah; US Air Force; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
International Research Organizations: Fraunhofer Institute; Helsinki University of Technology; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Institute of Polymer Research Dresden; Lund University; National Tsing Hua University; South China University of Technology; Technical University of Budapest; University of Amsterdam; University of Cambridge; University of Durham; Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours; University of Genova; University of Groningen; University of LatviaKengaraga; University of Leicester; University of Pisa; University of Sheffield; University of Sussex; VTT Electronics
US-Based Companies: Crosslink Polymer Research; Dynaloy Inc.; H.C. Starck Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; RTP Co.
International Companies: Thin Film Electronics AB; Ormecon Chemie GmbH & Co. KG; Panipol Ltd.; Plastic Logic Ltd.

Patents and Bibliography: Patents; Bibliography
Technical Insights' Science and Technology Awards 2003: Technology Innovation Award; Technology Leadership Award