... polymers 5 Synthesis and processing 6 Mechanism of polymer conductivity - role of doping 6 Molecular electron-transfer theory 11 Electroluminescent polymers - second-generation conductive polymers 13 From silicon physics to molecular electronics 14 References and further reading 15 Prize motivation The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000 to three ... Grubbs' and co-workers' production of polyacetylene by metathesis polymerisation of cyclooctatetraene in the presence of a titanium alkylidene complex as catalyst. Grubbs' polyacetylene...

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