Although certain polymers have long been known to conduct electricity, they seemed to differ from metals in other electronic and optical properties. A new form of polymer turns that relation on its head.
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Friend, R. Polymers show they're metal. Nature 441, 37 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/441037a
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