Unit1
Unit 1
- ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
- Electrochemistry of electronically conducting polymers-source of electronic conduction in polymers – solitons, polarons and bipolarons – semiconductors and conducting polymers.
Syllabus
5 unitsUnit2
Unit 2
- GENERAL SYNTHESIS OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
- Synthesis of conducting polymers – chemical, electrochemical and enzymatic methods – doping – general considerations – measurement of conductivity – van der Pauw technique – factors affecting conductivity.
Unit3
Unit 3
- CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
- Characterization of conducting polymers – electro analytical techniques – cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronocoulometry, spectral methods - use of UV-vis, Raman, XRD and NMR.
Unit4
Unit 4
- SYNTHESIS, PROCESSABILITY AND APPLICATIONS
- Synthesis, processability and applications of acetylene, aniline, pyrrole, thiophene and para – phenylene based conducting polymers.
Unit5
Unit 5
- APPLICATIONS OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
- Conducting polymers in microelectronics – corrosion and ESD protection, EMI shielding and lithography. LED- rechargeable batteries – artificial muscles - electrochromic devices– sensor devices–conductive composites.
Course Objectives
- To enable the students to understand the basic concepts on conducting polymers, conduction mechanism, various methods of synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers and their applications.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Draw the molecular structure of common conducting polymer monomers/polymersK3
- CO2Know basic synthetic methodsK1
- CO3Understand the concept of doping and dedopingK2
- CO4Be familiar with common applications of conducting polymers and the science behind themK2
- CO5Be familiar with the history of the field, some leading scientists and classical references, and some current research activities in the fieldK2
REFERENCES
- Skotheim.T.A., Elsenbaumer.R.L. and Reynolds J.R., “Hand book of Conducting Polymers”, 2nd Edn, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1998.
- Margolis J.M., “Conducting Polymers and Plastics”, Chapman and Hall, London, 1989.
- Seymour R.B., “Conductive Polymers”, Plenum Press, New York, 1981.
- Tadmore Z., “Principles of Polymer Processing,” Wiley – Interscience, New York, 1979.
- Wessling B., “Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polymers,” Vol.3, Springer, Berlin, 1989.
- Kiess H.G., “Conjugated Conducting Polymers,” Springer, Berlin, 1992.
- Soane.D.S. and Martynenko.Z., “Polymers in Microelectronics”, Elsevier,Amsterdam, 1989. Semester – VII: Departmental Elective – IV
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 7, 8 of the original AKTU PDF.