Preferred Label : dopant;
IUPAC definition : Charge-transfer agent used to generate, by oxidation or reduction, positive or negative
charges in an intrinsically conducting polymer.;
Scope note : examples of dopants include as f5or i2as oxidizing agents, generating cation
radicals on the chains of an intrinsically conducting polymer (so-called holes), or
a solution of sodium naphthalenuidyl in tetrahydrofuran as a reducing agent, generating
anion radicals on the chains of an intrinsically conducting polymer.;
Origin ID : DT07203;
See also
Charge-transfer agent used to generate, by oxidation or reduction, positive or negative
charges in an intrinsically conducting polymer.
