THEORY OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS On the Transport, Optical, and Self-Assembly Properties of p-Conjugated Materials: A Combined Theoretical/Experimental Insight David Beljonne, Jerome Cornil, Veaceslav Coropceanu, Demetrio A. da Silva Filho, Victor Geskin, Roberto Lazzaroni, Philippe Leclere, and Jean-Luc Bredas Theoretical Studies of Electron-Lattice Dynamics in Organic System Sven Stafstrom SYNTHESIS AND CLASSES OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Kazuo Akagi Synthesis and Properties of Poly(arylene vinylene)s Andrew C. Grimsdale and Andrew B. Holmes Blue-Emitting Poly(para-Phenylene)-Type Polymers Emil Joachim Wolfgang List and Ullrich Scherf Poly(paraPhenyleneethynylene)s and Poly(aryleneethynylene)s: Materials with a Bright Future Uwe H.F. Bunz Polyaniline Nanofibers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications Jiaxing Huang and Richard B. Kaner Recent Advances in Polypyrrole Seung Hyun Cho, Ki Tae Song, and Jun Young Lee Regioregular Polythiophenes Malika Jeffries-El and Richard D. McCullough Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Scientific Importance, Remarkable Properties, and Applications Stephan Kirchmeyer, Knud Reuter, and Jill C. Simpson Thienothiophenes: From Monomers to Polymers Gregory A. Sotzing, Venkataramanan Seshadri, and Francis J. Waller Low Bandgap Conducting Polymers Seth C. Rasmussen and Martin Pomerantz Advanced Functional Polythiophenes Based on Tailored Precursors Philippe Blanchard, Philippe Leriche, Pierre Frere, and Jean Roncali Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Kirk S. Schanze and Xiaoyong Zhao PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS Insulator-Metal Transition and Metallic State in Conducting Polymers Arthur J. Epstein One-Dimensional Charge Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanofibers A.N. Aleshin and Y.W. Park Structure Studies of p- and s-Conjugated Polymers Michael J. Winokur Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers P. Audebert and Fabien Miomandre Internal Fields and Electrode Interfaces in Organic Semiconductor Devices: Noninvasive Investigations via Electroabsorption Thomas M. Brown and Franco Cacialli Electrochromism of Conjugated Conducting Polymers Aubrey L. Dyer and John R. Reynolds Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers M.P. de Jong, G. Greczynski, W. Osikowicz, R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, M. Fahlman, and W.R. Salaneck Ultrafast Electron Dynamics and Laser Action in p-Conjugated Semiconductors Z. Valy Vardeny and O. Korovyanko