Corrosion is an environmental evil related to metal and their alloys. Researchers trying best overcome it with traditional new techniques. Recently Conducting polymers (CPs) such as polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPy) etc. are used for the corrosion protection of metals Various mechanisms have been suggested explain anticorrosion properties CPs. These include anodic protection, controlled inh...

Conducting polymers of a Schiff-base ligand and the corresponding oxo-vanadium(IV) complex have been synthesized, characterized, and studied. The metal-free ligand polymer allows for direct comparison between the properties of the ligand polymer and corresponding conducting metallopolymer. The role of the metal centers in the conducting metallopolymer is elucidated unambiguously.

This chapter covers the potentially important conductive polymers and their benefits with effective relevance in number of growing technologies in telecommunication, biomolecular electronics, display devices, electrochemical storage systems, and many more. The most widely investigated polymers in practical applications are polythiophene (PTh), polypyrrole (PPy), and polyaniline (PANI). These po...

Controlled patterning of conducting polymers at a microor nanoscale is the first step towards the fabrication of miniaturized functional devices. Here, we introduce an approach for the nanopatterning of conducting polymers using an improved monomer ‘‘ink’’ in dip-pen nanolithography ~DPN!. The nominal monomer ‘‘ink’’ is converted, in situ, to its conducting solid-state polymeric form after patt...