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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Melanin, Natural rubber, Kevlar, Tannin, Polystyrene, Rayon, Molecular electronics, Polythiophene, Epoxy, Polyaniline, Polybutylene, Synthetic rubber, Natural oil polyols, Aramid, Poly(p-phenylene vinylene), Polybutadiene, Polyimide, Butyl rubber, Twaron, Lignosulfonates, PEDOT-TMA, Tholin, Polyacetylene, Sodium polystyrene sulfonate, Polybenzimidazole fiber, Poly(p-phenylene sulfide), Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), Melamine resin, Styrofoam, Polypyrrole, PEEK, Poly(2,6-diphenylphenylene oxide), Art silk, Polyolefin, Styrene-acrylonitrile resin, PEDOT: PSS, Calcium polystyrene sulfonate, Poly(p-phenylene oxide), Starlite, Polymethylpentene, Capillary action through synthetic mesh, Vinyl polymer, Polyketone, Bamboo fibre, Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, Conductive Characteristics within Coated Synthetic Fabrics, Cutan, Kevlar KM2, Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene), Polynucleotide, Technora, Polydioctylfluorene, Polyethylene amine, Ionomer, Poly(allylamine hydrochloride), Polydiacetylenes, Polysaccharide Peptide, Poly-4-vinylphenol, Semi-flexible rod polymer, Poly(pyridinium salt)s. Excerpt: Polythiophenes (PTs) result from the polymerization of thiophenes, a sulfur heterocycle, that can become conducting when electrons are added or removed from the conjugated -orbitals via doping. The study of polythiophenes has intensified over the last three decades. The maturation of the field of conducting polymers was confirmed by the awarding of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers." The most notable property of these materials, electrical conductivity, results from the delocalization of electrons along the polymer backbone - hence the term "synthetic metals." However, conductivity is not the only interesting property resul...
