''Synthetic Metals'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such ...

covering electronic polymers and electronic molecular materials.

Abstracting and indexing

''Synthetic Metals'' is abstracted and indexed in the following services: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.266. It has published several highly cited papers (1 with ~1000 citations; 5 with >600 citations; 30 with >200 citations, according to Web of Science); most of them are devoted to

conductive polymer Conductive polymers or, more precisely, intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are organic polymers that conduct electricity. Such compounds may have metallic conductivity or can be semiconductors. The biggest advantage of conductive polymer ...

s (especially

polyaniline Polyaniline (PANI) is a conducting polymer and organic semiconductor of the semi-flexible rod polymer family. The compound has been of interest since the 1980s because of its electrical conductivity and mechanical properties. Polyaniline is one ...

) and one to

optical properties of carbon nanotubes The optical properties of carbon nanotubes are highly relevant for materials science. The way those materials interact with electromagnetic radiation is unique in many respects, as evidenced by their peculiar absorption, photoluminescence (fl ...

(see Kataura plot).

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