Electroactive Polymer Electrochemistry: Part 2: Methods and Applications: 002 (Archaeology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306451581 ISBN 13: 9780306451584

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

The development of "tailormade" electrode surfaces using electroactive polymer films has been one of the most active and exciting areas of electrochemistry over the last 15 years. The properties of these materials have been examined by a wide range of scientists from a variety of perspectives, and now electroactive polymer research is considered to be a reasonably mature area of research endeavor. Much is now understood about the fundamental mechanism of conduction in these materials. A wide range of electrochemical techniques may be used to probe the conductivity processes in these materials, and more recently, a number of in situ spectroscopic techniques have been used to further elucidate the structure of these materials. The in situ spectroscopies and allied techniques have also been used to obtain correlations between structure and redox activity. The applications found for electroactive polymers are many and varied, and range from thin film amperometric chemical and biological sensors, electrocatalytic systems, drug delivery devices, and advanced battery systems through to molecular electronic devices. The research literature on electroactive polymers is truly enormous and can daunt even the most hardened researcher. The vast quantity of material reported in the literature can also intimidate beginning graduate students. Hence the present book. The original idea for this book arose as a result of a series of lectures on chemically modified eiectrodes and electroactive polymers given by the writer to final-year undergraduates at Trinity College Dublin.

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Synopsis

'The only other alternative for most of the information that is contained in the book is the original literature...well organized, thoroughly referenced, and its presentation is both rigorous and complete. The latest theories and experimental methods are covered in depth...[This] is the kind of book which by the time I finished reviewing I had already referred my graduate students to it in a number of occasions for their research.' - "Polymer News", from a review of Part 1. "The editor has tapped some very good researchers for their expertise, and these researchers have provided a very well-written book which many scientist[s] in this field will find invaluable." - "Journal of the American Chemical Society", Vol. 119, No. 44, 1997. In Part 2 of this three-part set, contributors focus on the wide range of electrochemical methodologies and their applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306451581
• ISBN 13: 9780306451584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 349
• Editor: Lyons Michael E.G.