Electropolymerization: Concepts, Materials And Applications

Edited by Serge Cosnier and Arkady Karyakin Electropolymerization Concepts, Materials and Applications Edited by Serge Cosnier and Arkady Karyakin Electropolymerization Further Reading Leclerc, M., Morin, J.-F. (eds.) Hadziioannou, G., Malliaras, G. G. (eds.) Design and Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Semiconducting Polymers 2010 2007 Hardcover Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-527-32474-3 ISBN: 978-3-527-31271-9 Kumar, C. S. S. R. (ed.) Staikov, G. T. (ed.) Nanostructured Thin Films and Surfaces Electrocrystallization in Nanotechnology 2010 2007 Hardcover Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-527-32155-1 ISBN: 978-3-527-31515-4 Eftekhari, A. (ed.) Geckeler, K. E., Nishide., H. (eds.) Nanostructured Materials in Electrochemistry Advanced Nanomaterials 2008 2010 Hardcover Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-527-31876-6 ISBN: 978-3-527-31794-3 Chemistry, Physics and Engineering 2 Volumes Edited by Serge Cosnier and Arkady Karyakin Electropolymerization Concepts, Materials and Applications The Editors Dr. Serge Cosnier Universit´e Joseph Fourier D´epartment de Chimie Mol´eculaire UMR-5250 Boite postale 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 France Prof. Arkady Karyakin Moscow State University Analytical Chemistry Department Lenin Hills, GSP - 3 11991 Moscow Russia All books published by Wiley-VCH are carefully produced. Nevertheless, authors, editors, and publisher do not warrant the information contained in these books, including this book, to be free of errors. Readers are advised to keep in mind that statements, data, illustrations, procedural details or other items may inadvertently be inaccurate. Library of Congress Card No.: applied for British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at .  2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, Boschstr. 12, 69469 Weinheim, Germany All rights reserved (including those of translation into other languages). No part of this book may be reproduced in any form – by photoprinting, microfilm, or any other means – nor transmitted or translated into a machine language without written permission from the publishers. Registered names, trademarks, etc. used in this book, even when not specifically marked as such, are not to be considered unprotected by law. Cover Design Adam Design, Weinheim Typesetting Laserwords Private Ltd., Chennai, India Printing and Bookbinding Strauss GmbH, M¨orlenbach Printed in the Federal Republic of Germany Printed on acid-free paper ISBN: 978-3-527-32414-9 V Contents Preface XI List of Contributors 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.4 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 3.1 XIII Electropolymerized Films of π-Conjugated Polymers. A Tool for Surface Functionalization: a Brief Historical