Biomimetic conducting polymers: Synthesis, materials, properties, functions, and devices

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-351

  Otero, Toribio F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

actuators; chemical memory; conducting polymers; conformational energy; conformational memory; mechanisms; oxidation; sensors; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; CONFORMATIONAL ENERGIES; CONFORMATIONAL MEMORY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXIDATION/REDUCTION; PARALLEL REACTIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; MECHANISMS; OXIDATION; SENSORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 84882366277     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2013.805772     Document Type: Review

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