In this thesis, an automated system for combinatorial synthesis and high throughput investigation of electrical properties of conductive polymers is described. The equipment provides a polymerization of defined mixtures of monomers into a thin layer on the addressed work electrodes of a direct electrode array. It is followed by high-throughput screening of current voltage characteristics accord...

Chan, Holly. M.S.Ch.E., Purdue University, August 2014. Correlating the Molecular Architecture of a Radical Based Copolymer with its Electrical Transport Properties. Major Professor: Dr. Bryan W. Boudouris. The design and synthesis of electrically-conductive macromolecules can lead to significant improvements in the performance of polymer-based energy conversion devices (e.g., thermoelectric de...

Conductive polymers are also known as “organic metals” due to their semiconducting properties. They are found in a wide range of applications in the field of organic electronics. However, the growing number of experimental works is not widely supported with theoretical calculations. Hence, the field of conductive polymers is experiencing lack of understanding of mechanisms occurring in the poly...

Conductive polymers have attracted wide attention since their discovery due to unique properties such as good electrical conductivity, thermal and chemical stability, low cost. With different possibilities of preparation deposition on surfaces, they present tunable structures. Because the ease incorporating elements form composite materials, conductive been widely used in a plethora application...