Editing Conductive polymer (section)

===Trends===
Most recent emphasis is on [[organic light emitting diode]]s and organic [[polymer solar cell]]s.<ref>[http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec_subscribe.asp?CID=2235&DID=82525&action=detail Overview on Organic Electronics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302184725/http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec_subscribe.asp?CID=2235&DID=82525&action=detail |date=2017-03-02 }}. Mrs.org. Retrieved on 2017-02-16.</ref> The Organic Electronics Association is an international platform to promote applications of [[organic semiconductor]]s. Conductive polymer products with embedded and improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection have led to both prototypes and products. For example, Polymer Electronics Research Center at University of Auckland is developing a range of novel DNA sensor technologies based on conducting polymers, photoluminescent polymers and inorganic nanocrystals (quantum dots) for simple, rapid and sensitive gene detection. Typical conductive polymers must be "doped" to produce high conductivity. As of 2001, there remains to be discovered an organic polymer that is ''intrinsically'' electrically conducting.<ref>[http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~colinc/science/past/PhD/html-thesis/node8.html Conjugated Polymers: Electronic Conductors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211153956/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~colinc/science/past/PhD/html-thesis/node8.html |date=2015-02-11 }} (April 2001)</ref> Recently (as of 2020), researchers from [[IMDEA Nanoscience Institute]] reported experimental demonstration of the rational engineering of 1D polymers that are located near the [[quantum phase transition]] from the topologically trivial to non-trivial class, thus featuring a narrow bandgap.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cirera|first1=Borja|last2=Sánchez-Grande|first2=Ana|last3=de la Torre|first3=Bruno|last4=Santos|first4=José|last5=Edalatmanesh|first5=Shayan|last6=Rodríguez-Sánchez|first6=Eider|last7=Lauwaet|first7=Koen|last8=Mallada|first8=Benjamin|last9=Zbořil|first9=Radek|last10=Miranda|first10=Rodolfo|last11=Gröning|first11=Oliver|date=2020-04-20|title=Tailoring topological order and π- conjugation to engineer quasi-metallic polymers|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0668-7|journal=Nature Nanotechnology|language=en|pages=437–443|doi=10.1038/s41565-020-0668-7|issn=1748-3395|volume=15|issue=6|pmid=32313219|arxiv=1911.05514| bibcode=2020NatNa..15..437C |s2cid=207930507}}</ref>