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Preface This volume contains, with a few exceptions, the text of presen tations from the symposium "Electrified Polymer/Solution Interfaces" held at the San Francisco, California, American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, March 25-31, 2000. In addition, two additional manu scripts from Christine Schmidt and Peter Pickup round out the coverage. Contributions span a number of fields of interest that are concerned with charged polymer-solution interfaces. Topics include not only synthesis and characterization but also applications in such diverse areas as electrochemiluminescence, electrocatalysis, sensor design, biomaterals, fuel cell design, and corrosion prevention. This symposium provided a unique opportunity for interaction and exchange of ideas, as it involved con tributions from an international array of investigators, working in seemingly disparate areas, but all having their bases in the field of con ducting polymers. Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of The Petroleum Re search Fund, administered by the ACS, for partial support of this sym posium. In addition, we acknowledge the support of Solartron, Inc., the Five Oaks Research Institute, the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, and a private donor, who wished to remain anonymous. Our thanks also go out to the authors for their insightful con tributions, as well as those in the greater scientific community for their contributions to the symposium and their invaluable assistance in the critical evaluation of the manuscripts. Finally, we express our appreci ation to Professor Andrzej Wieckowski for inviting us to arrange the symposium and for encouraging us to prepare this symposium volume.
Judith F. Rubinson
Harry B. Mark, Jr.
Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and Ο Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1227
Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172
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ix Rubinson and Mark; Conducting Polymers and Polymer Electrolytes ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2002.
