“…The great interest in conducting polymers in the last decades, in particular aryl amine derived polymers -such as poly(aniline) (PANI) and its derivatives -is caused, among other factors, by the many applications proposed, such as actuators [1,2], electrochromic devices [3], secondary batteries [4,5], supercapacitors [6], sensors [7][8][9] and many others [10][11][12]. Poly(aniline) and its derivatives undergo volume changes upon redox cycling, specially in the first redox step, namely when going from the fully reduced form, leucoemeraldine (LE) to the intermediately oxidized one, emeraldine (EM).…”