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Polymer compositions

US5378402A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 1983
Grant dateJan 3, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2003

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electrically conductive polymers, especially polypyrroles, are formed with a charged polymeric dopant supplying the necessary counter-ions to stabilise the charged conductive form of the conductive polymer. The physical properties of the conductive polymer can thus be usefully modified in ways different from those achieved by non-polymeric dopants or by forming the conductive polymers in pre-existing bodies of non dopant (i.e. uncharged) polymers.

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