Introduction to Conducting Polymers

• Published in: Engineering Materials
• Main Author: Shahabuddin S.; Mazlan N.A.; Baharin S.N.A.; Sambasevam K.P.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111049027&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-62090-5_1&partnerID=40&md5=866e684f6d81b88a6b81d4da1b573e89

In recent years, the research about Conducting Polymers (CPs) have seen exponential growth due to their versatile applications. The widespread attention on CPs is due to its extraordinary properties such as simple preparation step, low cost of monomers, environmentally benign, and most importantly the high conducting properties like metals. In addition, lightweight of CPs and non-corrosive nature, have made it one of the versatile polymers in the materials group. These remarkable properties of CPs have made it to be easily integrated with the latest applications on photocatalyst, sensors, and actuators, solar cells, energy devices, and batteries. However, many have not realised the historical background of these versatile CPs. Hence, this chapter is an attempt to address the forgotten history of CPs with respect to certain selected well-known CPs. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.