ABSTRACT
The discovery of electrically conducting, electroactive polymers has been the starting point for intense theoretical and experimental work in physics and chemistry. Starting with molecules such as acetylene and aniline or a heterocyclic molecule such as pyrrole, the list of molecules that could be polymerized to give conducting films has rapidly expanded to include aromatic molecules such as benzene, phenol, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as anthracene. Table 1 lists some of these polymers along with their electrical conductivities.
