Cosnier Serge, Karyakin Arkady (ed.). Electropolymerization: Concepts, Materials and Applications

Wiley-VCH, 2010. - 296 pages.
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.List of Contributors
Electropolymerized Films of π-Conjugated Polymers. A Tool for Surface Functionalization: a Brief Historical Evolution and Recent Trends
Mechanisms of Electropolymerization and Redox Activity: Fundamental Aspects
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for Polymer Characterization
Recent Trends in Polypyrrole Electrochemistry, Nanostructuration, and Applications
Electropolymerized Azines: a New Group of Electroactive Polymers
Electropolymerization of Phthalocyanines
Imprinted Polymers
Gas Sensing with Conducting Polymers
Chemical Sensors Based on Conducting Polymers
Biosensors Based on Electropolymerized Films
Inherently Conducting Polymers via Electropolymerization for Energy Conversion and Storage
Electrochemomechanical Devices: Artificial Muscles