Table of Contents

I Conductivity.- Electronic Transport in Low-Conductivity Metals and Comparison with Highly Conducting Polymers.- Synthesis of New Conductive Electronic Polymers.- Long Mean Free Path Coherent Transport in Doped Polyacetylene.- Frequency- and Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Losses in Lightly Doped Conducting Polymers.- Variable-Range Hopping in Polymers Prepared from Iodo-(2-nitrophenyl)-acetylene.- Transport Studies on Polypyrrole Films Prepared from Aqueous TsONa Solutions of Different Concentrations.- II Defects and Conjugation Length.- Influence of the Conjugation Length of Polyacetylene Chains on the DC-Conductivity..- Conjugation Length and Localization in Conjugated Polymers.- Theoretical Investigations of Segmented Polyacetylene.- Analysis of the Raman Spectra of Modified trans-(CH)x.- Conformation of Conjugated Polymers and Their Relation to Electron Delocalisation.- Polyacetylene Segments in a Polyvinylidene-Chloride Matrix: Anisotropic Optical Properties.- III Electron Energy Loss, Optical and Raman Spectroscopy.- Electronic Structure of Conducting Polymers by Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy.- Electronic Structure of Undoped and Doped Polyphenylenevinylene..- Electronic Structure of Doped Highly Oriented Polyacetylene.- Polarization Dependence of Recombination Kinetics in Stretch-Oriented trans-Polyacetylene.- Photogeneration Mechanism and Mobility in Polydiacetylene.- Polarised Photoexcitation in Oriented Polyacetylene.- Radiative and Non-radiative Recombination Processes in Photoexcited Poly(p-phenylene vinylene).- Photoinduced Absorption in Poly(p-phenylene vinylene).- Spectroscopy of Photo-Induced Solitons in cis-rich and trans- Polyacetylene.- Photoinduced Infrared Absorption in Polydiacetylene.- Towards Solid State Investigations on Polyacetylene.- Raman Scattering of Highly Oriented Polyacetylene.- Experimental Raman Investigation of Oriented Undoped and Iodine Doped Polyacetylene.- Polarization Properties of the Raman Spectra in trans- and cis-Polyacetylene.- Interpretation of the Raman Spectra of n-doped trans-(CH)x Films..- IV Magnetic Resonance.- 10.1007/978-3-642-83284-0_28Pulsed ENDOR and TRIPLE Resonance on trans-Polyacetylene a 1a Durham Route.- ESR Study of Metallic Complexes of Alkali-Doped Polyacetylene.- In situ ESR Study During the Electrochemical Intercalation of Potassium in Polyacetylene.- 7Li NMR Study of the Electrochemical Doping of Poly(acetylene).- pz-Radical Electron Structure in Polydiacetylene (PDA) Molecules.- Triplet State ODMR of Polydiacetylene Crystals.- V Theory.- Electronic and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers: A Quantum Chemistry Approach.- On the Role of the Coulomb Interaction in Conjugated Polymer.- Lattice Relaxation Approach to Soliton and Polaron Dynamics in Conducting Polymers..- VI Polyaniline.- Photoelectrochemistry of Polyaniline.- Redox Mechanisms in Polyaniline Films.- In situ FTIR Spectroscopy of Polyaniline.- Spectroscopic Investigation of Polyaniline.- In situ Ellipsometry of Early Steps of Polyaniline Electrosynthesis.- Electronic Properties of Polyaniline.- On the Acidic Functions of Polyaniline.- Thermochromism and Acidochromism in Substituted Polyanilines.- Spectroscopic Studies of some Model Molecules for Polyaniline.- ESCA Studies of Polyaniline and Polypyrrole.- Mass Spectroscopy of Chemical Processes in Conducting Polymers: Polyaniline..- Synthesis and Properties of a Conducting Polymer Derived from Diphenylamine..- VII Polypyrrole, Polythiophene and Polyparaphenylene.- On Polaron and Bipolaron Formation in Conducting Polymers.- ESR of BF?4-Doped Poly(3-methylthiophene).- Influence of the Monomer Size on the Electronic Structure of Thiophene-Like Polymers.- Ion Implantation of Polythiophene.- Characterization of Polypyrrole-Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Prepared by Chemical Oxidation of Pyrrole.- Electrochemistry of Polypyrrole-Ferrocyanide Films.- Synthesis and Physical Properties of 3,4-Disubstituted Polypyrroles..- A New Polyparaphenylene Thin Film Obtained by Electroreduction: Characterization and Electrochemical Studies.- VIII Special Materials.- Control of the State of Order in Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) and Its Effect on Iodine Doping.- Electronic Excitations in Polysilanes.- Doping Experiments with ?-(Pyrazine)phthalocyaninatoiron(II).- Optical and Electrical Properties of a New Conductive Polyheterocycle: Poly( 1,4-di(2-thienyl))benzene.- Preparation, Spectroscopic and Electrical Characterization of a New Polyheterocycle: Poly-benzo(l,2-6;4, 3-b)dithiophene.- Investigation of Undoped and Alkali-Metal Doped Poly(p-phenylene Selenide).- Structural Characterization of Polymers Prepared from Iodophenylacetylene by Heating at Different Temperatures.- Metallic Coordination Polymers Using CS2 as Starting Material.- (QP)4(SbF6)3: A Model Compound for Doped Polymers?.- IX Related Topics.- Supermolecular Structures Based on Langmuir-Blodgett Films.- Preparation and Structure of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Polymers..- BEDT-TTF Radical Salts: Organic Metals and Superconductors.- Electrical Conducting Molecular Crystals in a Polymer Matrix.- X Applications.- Grafting, Ionomer Composites, and Auto-doping of Conductive Polymers..- On the Charge Storage Mechanism of Conducting Polymers.- Electrochemical Investigations and Neutron Activation Analysis of Polyacetylene.- Low Frequency Impedance Measurements on Polypyrrole.- Poly(alkyl thiophenes) and Poly(substituted heteroaromatic vinylenes): Versatile, Highly Conductive, Processible Polymers with Tunable Properties.- Electrical Conductivity in Heterogeneous Polymer Systems.- Organic and Polymeric Non-linear Optical Materials: Properties and Applications..- Preparation of Conducting Polymers by UHV-Compatible Methods..- Organic Semiconducting Polymers for New Electronic Devices.- Polymer-Based Conducting Material Used for Water Vapour Detection in Air.- A Novel Application of Conducting Polymers: Remotely Readable Indicator Devices..- Index of Contributors.