Annealing effects on the electrical conductivity of polymerized liquid crystalline 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene derivatives
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Abstract3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene derivatives with aromatic, in most cases mesogenic, side groups were synthesized and their liquid crystal behaviour was characterized. These monomers were polymerized oxidatively to charged, electrically conductive polythiophenes. X-ray and atomic force microscopy studies were performed. Films of theses polythiophenes achieved via in situ polymerization were prone to a significant increase of the conductivity by annealing.