Intrinsically conducting polymer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-006042",
  "term": "Intrinsically conducting polymer",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A polymer made of macromolecules with fully conjugated sequences of double bonds, which conducts electricity itself once oxidised or reduced by a dopant, so the charge carriers move along and between its own chains. This sets it apart from a conducting composite, where a filler such as carbon black carries the current, and from a polymer electrolyte, where ions carry it. Doped polyacetylene, polythiophene, polypyrrole and polyaniline are examples.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "electrically conducting polymer",
    "conducting polymer",
    "conducting polymer composite",
    "dopant",
    "oxidation",
    "macromolecule",
    "solid polymer electrolyte"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2006, 78, 2067. 'Terminology of polymers containing ionizable or ionic groups and of polymers containing ions (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)' on page 2070 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200678112067)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/intrinsically-conducting-polymer/"
}