Research areas of interest    ELECTROCHEMISTRY & POLYMER SCIENCE

             Insitu spectroelectrochemical studies

  

Insitu UV-Visible spectroelectrochemical studies on the     initial stages of   copolymerization  of aniline with diphenylamine -4- sulphonic acid Ten-Chin Wen, Li-Ming Huang and A.Gopalan  Electrochim. Acta, 46, 1071 (2001)  OSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY THE INTEMIDIATES FORMEDDURING THE COPOLYMERIZATION   PLAUSIBLE MECHANISM FOR THE COPOLYMERIZATION  CAN BE OBTAINED

      Electrochromic analysis

 

           Identification of electrochromic sites in PDPA using  a novel absorbance – potential –wavelenght profile     C-Y.Chung, T.C.Wen and

           A.Gopalan    Electrochim.Acta, 47, 423-431(2001)

         Electrodeposition of conducting polymers by pulse method

 

            

 

      Electrochemical synthesis  of sulfur-sulfur link containing polyanilines

 

              

 

      Electronic properties of conducting polymers

              Structural influence on electronic properties of methoxy substituted polyaniline/aluminum Schottky barrier diodes,

              Li-Ming Huanga, Ten-ChintheWen,∗, A. Gopalan, Fan Ren,

             Materials Science and Engineering B104 (2003) 88–95

 

Schottky diode with a lower barrier height than PANI could be made with methoxy substituted  polyanilines, POMA and PDMA The presence of methoxy groups in the polymers influence the barrier height and other electronic properties Electronic and junction properties of poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline)–polyethylene oxide blend/metal Schottky diodes Li-Ming Huang, Ten-Chin Wen, A. Gopalan Thin Solid Films 473 (2005) 300– 307

 

          Electrochromic display device

 

                

          Light Emitting Electrochemical cells