I Conductivity -- Electronic Transport in Low-Conductivity Metals and Comparison with Highly Conducting Polymers -- Synthesis of New Conductive Electronic Polymers -- Long Mean Free Path Coherent Transport in Doped Polyacetylene -- Frequency- and Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Losses in Lightly Doped Conducting Polymers -- Variable-Range Hopping in Polymers Prepared from Iodo-(2-nitrophenyl)-acetylene -- Transport Studies on Polypyrrole Films Prepared from Aqueous TsONa Solutions of Different Concentrations -- II Defects and Conjugation Length -- Influence of the Conjugation Length of Polyacetylene Chains on the DC-Conductivity. -- Conjugation Length and Localization in Conjugated Polymers -- Theoretical Investigations of Segmented Polyacetylene -- Analysis of the Raman Spectra of Modified trans-(CH)x -- Conformation of Conjugated Polymers and Their Relation to Electron Delocalisation -- Polyacetylene Segments in a Polyvinylidene-Chloride Matrix: Anisotropic Optical Properties -- III Electron Energy Loss, Optical and Raman Spectroscopy -- Electronic Structure of Conducting Polymers by Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy -- Electronic Structure of Undoped and Doped Polyphenylenevinylene. -- Electronic Structure of Doped Highly Oriented Polyacetylene -- Polarization Dependence of Recombination Kinetics in Stretch-Oriented trans-Polyacetylene -- Photogeneration Mechanism and Mobility in Polydiacetylene -- Polarised Photoexcitation in Oriented Polyacetylene -- Radiative and Non-radiative Recombination Processes in Photoexcited Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) -- Photoinduced Absorption in Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) -- Spectroscopy of Photo-Induced Solitons in cis-rich and trans- Polyacetylene -- Photoinduced Infrared Absorption in Polydiacetylene -- Towards Solid State Investigations on Polyacetylene -- Raman Scattering of Highly Oriented Polyacetylene -- Experimental Raman Investigation of Oriented Undoped and Iodine Doped Polyacetylene -- Polarization Properties of the Raman Spectra in trans- and cis-Polyacetylene -- Interpretation of the Raman Spectra of n-doped trans-(CH)x Films. -- IV Magnetic Resonance -- 10.1007/978-3-642-83284-0_28Pulsed ENDOR and TRIPLE Resonance on trans-Polyacetylene à 1a Durham Route -- ESR Study of Metallic Complexes of Alkali-Doped Polyacetylene -- In situ ESR Study During the Electrochemical Intercalation of Potassium in Polyacetylene -- 7Li NMR Study of the Electrochemical Doping of Poly(acetylene) -- pz-Radical Electron Structure in Polydiacetylene (PDA) Molecules -- Triplet State ODMR of Polydiacetylene Crystals -- V Theory -- Electronic and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers: A Quantum Chemistry Approach -- On the Role of the Coulomb Interaction in Conjugated Polymer -- Lattice Relaxation Approach to Soliton and Polaron Dynamics in Conducting Polymers. -- VI Polyaniline -- Photoelectrochemistry of Polyaniline -- Redox Mechanisms in Polyaniline Films -- In situ FTIR Spectroscopy of Polyaniline -- Spectroscopic Investigation of Polyaniline -- In situ Ellipsometry of Early Steps of Polyaniline Electrosynthesis -- Electronic Properties of Polyaniline -- On the Acidic Functions of Polyaniline -- Thermochromism and Acidochromism in Substituted Polyanilines -- Spectroscopic Studies of some Model Molecules for Polyaniline -- ESCA Studies of Polyaniline and Polypyrrole -- Mass Spectroscopy of Chemical Processes in Conducting Polymers: Polyaniline. -- Synthesis and Properties of a Conducting Polymer Derived from Diphenylamine. -- VII Polypyrrole, Polythiophene and Polyparaphenylene -- On Polaron and Bipolaron Formation in Conducting Polymers -- ESR of BF?4-Doped Poly(3-methylthiophene) -- Influence of the Monomer Size on the Electronic Structure of Thiophene-Like Polymers -- Ion Implantation of Polythiophene -- Characterization of Polypyrrole-Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Prepared by Chemical Oxidation of Pyrrole -- Electrochemistry of Polypyrrole-Ferrocyanide Films -- Synthesis and Physical Properties of 3,4-Disubstituted Polypyrroles. -- A New Polyparaphenylene Thin Film Obtained by Electroreduction: Characterization and Electrochemical Studies -- VIII Special Materials -- Control of the State of Order in Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) and Its Effect on Iodine Doping -- Electronic Excitations in Polysilanes -- Doping Experiments with ?-(Pyrazine)phthalocyaninatoiron(II) -- Optical and Electrical Properties of a New Conductive Polyheterocycle: Poly( 1,4-di(2-thienyl))benzene -- Preparation, Spectroscopic and Electrical Characterization of a New Polyheterocycle: Poly-benzo(l,2-6;4, 3-b)dithiophene -- Investigation of Undoped and Alkali-Metal Doped Poly(p-phenylene Selenide) -- Structural Characterization of Polymers Prepared from Iodophenylacetylene by Heating at Different Temperatures -- Metallic Coordination Polymers Using CS2 as Starting Material -- (QP)4(SbF6)3: A Model Compound for Doped Polymers? -- IX Related Topics -- Supermolecular Structures Based on Langmuir-Blodgett Films -- Preparation and Structure of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Polymers. -- BEDT-TTF Radical Salts: Organic Metals and Superconductors -- Electrical Conducting Molecular Crystals in a Polymer Matrix -- X Applications -- Grafting, Ionomer Composites, and Auto-doping of Conductive Polymers. -- On the Charge Storage Mechanism of Conducting Polymers -- Electrochemical Investigations and Neutron Activation Analysis of Polyacetylene -- Low Frequency Impedance Measurements on Polypyrrole -- Poly(alkyl thiophenes) and Poly(substituted heteroaromatic vinylenes): Versatile, Highly Conductive, Processible Polymers with Tunable Properties -- Electrical Conductivity in Heterogeneous Polymer Systems -- Organic and Polymeric Non-linear Optical Materials: Properties and Applications. -- Preparation of Conducting Polymers by UHV-Compatible Methods. -- Organic Semiconducting Polymers for New Electronic Devices -- Polymer-Based Conducting Material Used for Water Vapour Detection in Air -- A Novel Application of Conducting Polymers: Remotely Readable Indicator Devices. -- Index of Contributors.