Cutting Edge Research on the Electrochemistry of Intrinsically Conducting Polymers - Celebrating the Honorary Retirement of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Holze: A Renowned Polymer Electrochemist

Dear Colleagues,

Intrinsically conducting polymers are a prospective class of advanced materials capable of conducting electricity due to partial oxidation or reduction. They possess an extended π-conjugation along the polymer backbone and exhibit semiconducting behavior, hence creating a promising field of research. These polymers have received significant attention from both scientific and engineering communities because of their unique electrical and optical properties previously exhibited by only inorganic systems (e.g., silicon, copper, liquid mercury). Their distinctive features, such as the electrical conductivity of metals and mechanical properties associated with conventional polymers, led them to gain the name “Synthetic Metals”. Chemists and physicists who dreamed of replacing metals in electronic devices with lightweight and cheap materials, got their hopes up with the discovery of these polymers.

This Special Issue is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Rudolf Holze, on the occasion of his honorary retirement, as an acknowledgment of his contributions towards understanding the electrochemistry of intrinsically conducting polymers. Research articles and review papers are welcomed on the synthesis of intrinsically conducting polymers, novel developments on understanding their electrochemical properties, along with the applications in the field of sensors, biosensors, corrosion protection, light emitting diodes, energy storage and conversion, wearable electronics, and so on.

Prof. Salma Bilal
Prof. Dr. Yupping Wu
Dr. Deepk Dubal
Prof. Dr. Anwar ul Haq Ali Shah
Guest Editors

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