Electropolymerization

PrefaceELECTROPOLYMERIZED FILMS OF PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS. A TOOL FOR SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATIONS: A BRIEF HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND RECENT TRENDSIntroductionElectropolymerization: Epistemological Analysis within the ICP SagaElectropolymerization: From Pristine Heterocyclic to Sophisticated Functional and Conjugated ArchitecturesConclusionMECHANISMS OF ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION AND REDOX ACTIVITY: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTSElectropolymerization: General AspectsRedox Activity of Polymer FilmsEffect of Polymerization Parameters on Properties of Deposited Polymer FilmsConclusionsELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS) FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATIONIntroductionExperimental ArrangementsImpedance Spectra of Polymer FilmsAnalysis of the Impedance SpectraModels of Polymeric LayersSummaryRECENT TRENDS IN POLYPYRROLE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, NANOSTRUCTURATION, AND APPLICATIONSIntroductionAdvances in Synthetic Procedures - New PolymersNanostructuration of PolypyrroleApplicationsConclusionELECTROPOLYMERIZED AZINES: A NEW GROUP OF ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERSIntroductionElectropolymerized Azines as a New Group of Electroactive PolymersPolyazines in ElectroanalysisElectropolymerized Azines as Promoters for BioelectrocatalysisConclusionELECTROPOLYMERIZATION OF PHTHALOCYANINESIntroductionImmobilization of Transition-Metal Phthalocyanines on Conducting and Nonconducting SubstratesElectropolymerization of PhthalocyaninesConclusionIMPRINTED POLYMERSIntroductionMolecular Imprinting in Conjugated PolymersSolgel Imprinted Films Prepared by ElectropolymerizationIntegration of MIPs with the Surface of TransducersNanostructured MaterialsOther MIP-Based SensorsConclusionGAS SENSING WITH CONDUCTING POLYMERSIntroductionElectronic Properties of Conducting PolymersPreparation of Polymer Gas-Sensing LayersMechanism of Gas/Polymer InteractionsTypes of Conducting Polymer-Based Gas SensorsConclusionCHEMICAL SENSORS BASED ON CONDUCTING POLYMERSIntroductionElectrochemical Signal TransductionOptical Signal

Serge Cosnier is Research Director at CNRS and head of the Analytical and Electrochemical Biosystems Lab at Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, France, where he began his research career in 1983. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse in 1982 and then was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at Munich University. Since 2001, he is the President of the French Group of Bioelectrochemistry and was elected in 2007 President of the Rhône-Alpes section of the Chemical Society of France.Dr. Cosnier has authored over 205 publications and was awarded two national prizes of the French Club of Chemical Microsensors. In 2009, he received the Katsumi Niki Prize for Bioelectrochemistry of the International Society of Electrochemistry.Arkady A. Karyakin is professor of chemistry and head of the Electrochemical Methods Laboratory, Chemistry faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). He graduated from MSU in 1981, receiving his Ph.D. and D.Sc. in 1986 and 1996, respectively. Starting from 2010, A.A. Karyakin is Associate Editor of "Electroanalysis" (Wiley-VCH). He also serves as editorial board member on numerous journals. Professor Karyakin is author of more than 100 papers and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Sensors. He has received several awards in chemistry including the Russian Presidential Award.

"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." (MyCFO, 27 October 2010) "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.." (Forbes.com, 27 October 2010)

"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.." (Forbes.com, 27 October 2010)