Bipolaron conductivity of polymers stimulated by an anomalous thermal polarizability of side fragments of the molecules
Lachinov A. N., Zolotukhin M. G., Zherebov A. Yu., Salazkin S. N., Chuvyrov A. N., Valeeva I. L.
The electrical properties of polyarylenephthalides—conducting polymers of a new class—have been studied. The experimental results show that the transition to a conducting state as the temperature is changed results from the formation of bipolarons in the polymer chain.