Preferred Label : intrinsically conducting polymer;
IUPAC definition : electrically conducting polymer composed of macromolecules having fully conjugated
sequences of double bonds along the chains.;
Scope note : an intrinsically conducting polymer should be distinguished from a conducting polymer
composite and from a solid polymer electrolyte.; examples of intrinsically conducting polymers are polyacetylene, polythiophene, polypyrrole,
or polyaniline. unlike polymeric electrolytes, in which charge is transported by dissolved
ions, charge in intrinsically conducting polymers is transported along and between
polymer molecules via generated charge carriers (e.g., holes, electrons).; the bulk electrical conductivity of an intrinsically conducting polymer is comparable
to that of some metals and results from its macromolecules acquiring positive or negative
charges through oxidation or reduction by an electron-acceptor or -donor (charge-transfer
agent), termed a dopant.;
Origin ID : IT07208;
See also
electrically conducting polymer composed of macromolecules having fully conjugated
sequences of double bonds along the chains.
