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conductivity of these polymers for various applications from the insulating regime to the<br />

superconducting regime, using different methods of chemical modification, and especially<br />

doping.<br />

During the last <strong>de</strong>ca<strong>de</strong>, conductive polymers have found applications in a wi<strong>de</strong> variety of fields<br />

of technology and science, such as biosensors for coupling of electron transfer, antistatic coating,<br />

<strong>de</strong>velopment of individual electronic <strong>de</strong>vices, gas sensors, electrochromic windows, preparation<br />

of pH or reference electro<strong>de</strong>s, corrosion protection, and whole integrated circuits.<br />

At present, conductive polymers are extensively used in novel technologies involving<br />

electrochromic, electroluminescent and optoelectric <strong>de</strong>vices such as light emitting dio<strong>de</strong>s (LEDs)<br />

or flat-panel light emitting displays, electronically conductive fibers and wires, solar cells, solid<br />

capacitors, and Schottky barrier dio<strong>de</strong>s(Galal, Atta, & Mark Jr, 1998; Kumar & Sharma, 1998).<br />

Figure 2-26. The structure of a number of intrinsically conducting polymers (ICP).<br />

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