Conducting Electroactive Polymers via Photopolymerization: A Review on Synthesis and Applications

ABSTRACT Photopolymerization can be considered as an appropriate method in synthesis of conducting electroactive polymers. This paper presents a survey on the major principles of photopolymerization method, then reviews performed researches on photopolymerization leading to conducting electroactive polymer-based materials, and thereby reveals the significant information relevant to their structures and properties. The main focus of this state-of-the-art review is classification of the photoinduced synthesis of conducting electroactive polymers according to predominant mechanism in detail. Furthermore, practical applications of photopolymerization to fabrication of conducting polymeric structures such as films and nanostructures are surveyed from different publications. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT