| Conducting polymers behave as semiconductors |
| Conductivity
(Siemens/meter) |
| Poly(p-phenylene
vinylene) |
| (A “highly” crystalline polymer host) |
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| Even
when doped to a highly conductive state |
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| most p-conjugated
polymers behave as classic |
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| semiconductors
(VRH-variable range hoping is |
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| the standard
proposed mechanism) |
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