Providing extensive coverage, including conducting, insulating and electroactive films, this handbook and ready reference deals with introductory topics and fundamentals as well as advanced insights. Clearly structured, in the first part of the book readers learn the fundamentals of electropolymerizatoin for all important types of polymers, mechanisms of film formation and functionalization, while the second part covers a wide range of applications in biochemistry, analytics, photovoltaics, energy and the environment as well as actuators.

Diese übersichtlich in zwei Teile gegliederte Monographie behandelt die Grundlagen der Elektropolymerisation ebenso ausführlich wie fortgeschrittene Spezialanwendungen.

PrefaceELECTROPOLYMERIZED FILMS OF PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS. A TOOL FOR SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATIONS: A BRIEF HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND RECENT TRENDSIntroductionElectropolymerization: Epistemological Analysis within the ICP SagaElectropolymerization: From Pristine Heterocyclic to Sophisticated Functional and Conjugated ArchitecturesConclusionMECHANISMS OF ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION AND REDOX ACTIVITY: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTSElectropolymerization: General AspectsRedox Activity of Polymer FilmsEffect of Polymerization Parameters on Properties of Deposited Polymer FilmsConclusionsELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS) FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATIONIntroductionExperimental ArrangementsImpedance Spectra of Polymer FilmsAnalysis of the Impedance SpectraModels of Polymeric LayersSummaryRECENT TRENDS IN POLYPYRROLE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, NANOSTRUCTURATION, AND APPLICATIONSIntroductionAdvances in Synthetic Procedures - New PolymersNanostructuration of PolypyrroleApplicationsConclusionELECTROPOLYMERIZED AZINES: A NEW GROUP OF ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERSIntroductionElectropolymerized Azines as a New Group of Electroactive PolymersPolyazines in ElectroanalysisElectropolymerized Azines as Promoters for BioelectrocatalysisConclusionELECTROPOLYMERIZATION OF PHTHALOCYANINESIntroductionImmobilization of Transition-Metal Phthalocyanines on Conducting and Nonconducting SubstratesElectropolymerization of PhthalocyaninesConclusionIMPRINTED POLYMERSIntroductionMolecular Imprinting in Conjugated PolymersSolgel Imprinted Films Prepared by ElectropolymerizationIntegration of MIPs with the Surface of TransducersNanostructured MaterialsOther MIP-Based SensorsConclusionGAS SENSING WITH CONDUCTING POLYMERSIntroductionElectronic Properties of Conducting PolymersPreparation of Polymer Gas-Sensing LayersMechanism of Gas/Polymer InteractionsTypes of Conducting Polymer-Based Gas SensorsConclusionCHEMICAL SENSORS BASED ON CONDUCTING POLYMERSIntroductionElectrochemical Signal TransductionOptical Signal TransductionConclusionsBIOSENSORS BASED ON ELECTROPOLYMERIZED FILMSIntroductionChronological Evlution of the Concept of Biosensors Based on Electropolymerized Films: Principal StagesFormation of Polymer Films by Direct Electropolymerization of the BiomoleculeAdsorption on Electrogenerated PolymersMechanical Entrapment within Electropolymerized FilmsCovalent Binding at the Surface of Electropolymerized FilmsNoncovalent Binding by Affinity Interactions with the Electropolymerized FilmsOutlookINHERENTLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS VIA ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGEIntroductionEnergy ConversionEnergy StorageElectropolymerization to Form Electrodes for Energy Storage ApplicationsNanostructured Conducting PolymersConducting Polymer CompositesConclusionsELECTROCHEMOMECHANICAL DEVICES: ARTIFICIAL MUSCLESIntroductionConducting Polymers as Reactive Materials: Electrochemical ReactionsElectrochemical Properties: Multifunctionality and BiomimetismMacroscopic Dimensional Changes and Mechanical PropertiesAnisotropy Obtained from Isotropic Changes: Macroscopic DevicesElectrochemical CharacterizationSensing Capabilities of Artificial MusclesTactile SensitivityIntelligent DevicesMuscles Working in AirAdvantages, Limitations, and ChallengesArtificial Muscles as Products