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Table 2 Structures and names of several commonly studied and readily available conducting polymers

From: Recent advances in ion sensing with conducting polymers

Molecular structure

Name of the conducting polymer

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy thiophene) (PEDOT)

Polypyrrole (PPy)

Poly(3,4-propylenedioxy thiophene) (PProDoT)

Polythiophene (PTh)

Polyacetylene (PA)

Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) (P3HT)

Poly(p-phenylene) (PPP)

Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV)

Polyaniline (PANI)

  1. All the polymers contain a conjugated backbone of alternating single and double bonded carbon and/or heteroatoms