part Part I: Theory of Conjugated Polymers -- chapter 1 On the Transport, Optical, and Self-Assembly Properties of -Conjugated Materials: A Combined Theoretical/Experimental Insight -- chapter 2 Theoretical Studies of Electron-Lattice Dynamics in Organic Systems -- part Part II: Synthesis and Classes of Conjugated Polymers -- chapter 3 Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal -- chapter 4 Synthesis and Properties of Poly(arylene vinylene)s -- chapter 5 Blue-Emitting Poly(para-Phenylene)- Type Polymers -- chapter 6 Poly(paraphenylene-ethynylene)s and Poly-(aryleneethynylenes): Materials with a Bright Future -- chapter 7 Polyaniline Nanofibers: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications -- chapter 8 Recent Advances in Polypyrrole -- chapter 9 Regioregular Polythiophenes -- chapter 10 Poly(3,4-Ethylene-dixythiophene)-Scientific Importance, Remarkable Properties, and Applications -- chapter 11 Thienothiophenes: From Monomers to Polymers -- chapter 12 Low Bandgap Conducting Polymers -- chapter 13 Advanced Functional Polythiophenes Based on Tailored Precursors -- chapter 14 Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes -- part Part III: Properties and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers -- chapter 15 Insulator-Metal Transition and Metallic State in Conducting Polymers -- chapter 16 One-Dimensional Charge Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanofibers -- chapter 17 Structure Studies of - and -Conjugated Polymers -- chapter 18 Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers -- chapter 19 Internal Fields and Electrode Interfaces in Organic Semiconductor Devices: Noninvasive Investigations via Electroabsorption -- chapter 20 Electrochromism of Conjugated Conducting Polymers -- chapter 21 Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers -- chapter 22 Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics and Laser Action in -Conjugated Semiconductors.