One-Dimensional Metals: Conjugated Polymers, Organic Crystals, Carbon Nanotubes, Second Edition

Low-dimensional solids are of fundamental interest in materials science due to their anisotropic properties. Written not only for experts in the field, this book explains the important concepts behind their physics and surveys the most interesting one-dimensional systems and discusses their present and emerging applications in molecular scale electronics. The second edition of this successful book has been completely revised to include the remarkable achievements of the last ten years of research and applications. Chemists, polymer and materials scientists as well as students will find this book a very readable introduction to the solid-state physics of electronic materials. Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–18): Chapter 2 One?dimensional Substances (pages 19–51): Chapter 3 One?dimensional Solid?State Physics (pages 53–76): Chapter 4 Electron–Phonon Coupling, Peierls Transition (pages 77–83): Chapter 5 Conducting Polymers: Solitons and Polarons (pages 85–112): Chapter 6 Conducting Polymers: Conductivity (pages 113–151): Chapter 7 Superconductivity (pages 153–175): Chapter 8 Charge Density Waves (pages 177–192): Chapter 9 Molecular?scale Electronics (pages 193–210): Chapter 10 Molecular Materials for Electronics (pages 211–226): Chapter 11 Applications (pages 227–243): Chapter 12 Finally (page 245):