SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS IN IONIC LIQUIDS - Electrochemical Nanofabrication: Principles and Applications - page 116

Chapter 3
SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC
ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS IN
IONIC LIQUIDS
Michal Wagner, 1 Carita Kvarnström, 2 and Ari Ivaska 1
1
Process Chemistry Centre, c/o Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry,
Åbo Akademi University, Biskopsgatan 8, 20500 Åbo/Turku, Finland
2
Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Analysis,
Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Vatselankatu 2 20014, Turku, Finland
ari.ivaska@abo.i
3.1 INTRODUCTION
Electroactive materials are a wide group of compounds, ranging
from conducting polymers and polymer nanocomposites to carbon
nanotubes and fullerene-based materials. There are also inorganic
materials that belong to this category of compounds, but we have
limited our scope to conducting polymers that are materials with
intrinsic conduction undergoing reversible redox reactions and to
other nanocomposites based on organic material. Recently, extensive
research has been focused on applications of organic electroactive
materials in areas of advanced electronic devices, catalysis, and
chemical sensors. The main limiting factor in development of such