ABSTRACT
During the recent years, there has been an explosive growth in the research in the field of conducting and electroactive polymers (CEPs) and especially of polyaniline (PANi) due to its environmental stability, processability, and interesting redox properties associated with its chain heteroatom. CEPs combine interesting properties and offer a broad potential of being applied in various fields such as biological and chemical sensory, miniaturized optical and electronic devices, drug delivery, data and energy storage systems, electrochromic displays, modified electrodes, electrical actuators and electrorheological (ER) fluids, antistatic coatings and shielding of electromagnetic interferences, and many more.
