Advances in Conductive Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Conductive polymers have attracted great interest in academia as well as industries owing to their advantageous multilateral characteristics. Whether polymer systems are intrinsically electro-conductive or this property is added by means of fillers, they often demonstrate robust mechanical performance, flexible processability, low-cost device fabrication, and last but not least, controllable levels of electrical conductivity. On a molecular scale, recent advances show that new routes can be employed in order to design and control novel conductive structures in polymers, for instance by tunning length distribution of nanoparticle dispersions in nanocomposites or by tunning movements of ions in bending actuators. On a processing and fabrication level, rapid technological developments are enabled based on versatile techniques for fabrication of these materials. Such innovative approaches find promising applications in various areas, such as energy devices, thin-film electronics, sensors, and biomedicine.

In this Special Issue, we intend to focus on all relevant aspects of electrically conductive polymers, from molecular material design to fabrication and properties of respective devices. We invite novel contributions from theoretical/simulation and experimental perspectives. In particular, cross-disciplinary research that combines and relates theory and practice is encouraged for submission. We also welcome reviews from experts that can provide an overview of recent trends and activities related to conductive polymers. We hope that this Special Issue can provide fresh guidelines for research on this interesting class of polymer materials.

Dr. Ali Gooneie
Prof. Dr. Clemens Holzer 
Guest Editors

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