Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive polymer which is easily dispersed in an organic solvent. A method of preparing the conductive polymer adapted to be dispersed in an organic solvent is also provided, which includes chemically polymerizing a monomer using as a dopant anion a phosphate-based compound having solubility in an organic solvent. The conductive polymer capable of being dispersed in various organic solvents can be obtained through a simple preparation process, and thus can be utilized in the fields of applied materials in which the use of conventional water-dispersible conductive polymers is limited.

Abstract: This invention relates to a transparent electrode film for a touch screen panel using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) that is a kind of conductive polymer, and more particularly to a technique of manufacturing a transparent electrode film by forming a PEDOT coating on the surface of a transparent substrate such as polyester wherein a photocurable resin layer is formed on both surfaces of the substrate film to reduce changes in surface resistance upon aging testing, and an electrode layer containing PEDOT as an effective component is formed on the photocurable resin layer formed on one surface thereof.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a high strength and light hybrid rope. At the center of the hybrid rope 1, there is arranged a high strength synthetic fiber rope 3 formed by braiding multiple high strength synthetic fiber bundles 30 each composed of multiple high strength synthetic fiber filaments 31. Given that the pitch of braid of the high strength synthetic fiber bundles 30 is represented by “L” and the diameter of the high strength synthetic fiber rope 3 is represented by “d”, the pitch of braid “L” and the diameter “d” are adjusted such that the value L/d is equal to or higher than 6.7.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a graphene dispersion, a composite of poly(ionic liquid) and graphene manufactured thereby, and a manufacturing method thereof, which can manufacture the poly(ionic liquid)-modified graphene using the graphene dispersion which is manufactured by exfoliating graphite with an ionic liquid.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device, using, as an electrode material, a poly(ionic liquid)-modified graphene manufactured by binding an ionic liquid polymer to the surface of graphene.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming metal nanostructures, and, more particularly, a method of uniformly forming various shapes of nanostructures, such as cubic or octahedral nanoparticles, nanowires and the like, using ionic liquid in a polyol reduction reaction in which metal salts are used as precursors.

Abstract: The invention relates to toner particles having excellent charging characteristics and transferring properties, a method for producing the same and toner including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to toner particles, a method for producing the same and toner including the same, in which a CCA highly compatible with a binder resin is readily dispersed in the binder resin, thereby improving charge-maintaining property and charge distribution, and the resultant mixture is sphered to realize excellent long term credibility and transfer property. The toner particles include a styrene/acrylate-based CCA; a styrene/acrylate-based binder resin; and a polyester-based binder resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound which can be used as a material for a hole injection layer or a hole transporting layer of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) or electroluminescent elements. The compound is synthesized into a conductive polymer using liquid polymer ions, and this conductive polymer can be used as a material for a hole injection layer or a hole transporting layer of an organic light emitting diode. The compound is advantageous in that a hole injection layer formed using the compound has more excellent performance and can be maintained over a longer lifespan than a hole injection layer formed using conventional compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of synthesizing a conducting polymer using a polymer, having a substituent in a part, as a dopant, in which a variety of polymers is substituted with a predetermined functional group to serve as a dopant such that the substituted functional group functions as the dopant of the conducting polymer, or a monomer having a substituent able to act as a dopant is copolymerized to prepare a polymer dopant having a substituent in a part thereof. The partially substituted polymer dopant may serve as a dopant upon synthesis of the conducting polymer or upon additional doping of the synthesized polymer. Compared to a conventional monomer dopant, the polymer dopant does not emit low-molecular-weight material, and has higher solubility. Further, compared to a polymer dopant having a substituent such as a sulfonic acid group throughout, the synthesized conducting polymer can have superior mechanical properties and maximum conductivity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing nano-sized metal wire having a length-to-diameter ratio of at least 50 by using an ionic liquid in a polyol reduction using a metal salt as a precursor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive polymer which is easily dispersed in an organic solvent. A method of preparing the conductive polymer adapted to be dispersed in an organic solvent is also provided, which includes chemically polymerizing a monomer using as a dopant anion a phosphate-based compound having solubility in an organic solvent. The conductive polymer capable of being dispersed in various organic solvents can be obtained through a simple preparation process, and thus can be utilized in the fields of applied materials in which the use of conventional water-dispersible conductive polymers is limited.

Abstract: The invention relates to toner particles having excellent charging characteristics and transferring properties, a method for producing the same and toner including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to toner particles, a method for producing the same and toner including the same, in which a CCA highly compatible with a binder resin is readily dispersed in the binder resin, thereby improving charge-maintaining property and charge distribution, and the resultant mixture is sphered to realize excellent long term credibility and transfer property. The toner particles include a styrene/acrylate-based CCA; a styrene/acrylate-based binder resin; and a polyester-based binder resin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive polymer composition for a polarizer film to impart the surface of the polarizer film for liquid crystal displays with antistatic performance. The composition is applied on the surface of the polarizer film without additional surface treatment and is then dried, thereby manufacturing a highly reliable antistatic polarizer film, which has high adhesive strength between the polarizer film and the adhesive layer and also results in no transfer of the adhesive layer of the polarizer film to a glass or transparent polymer substrate when the polarizer film is attached to the substrate and then separated therefrom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of synthesizing a conducting polymer using a polymer, having a substituent in a part thereof, as a dopant, in which a variety of polymers is substituted with a predetermined functional group to serve as a dopant such that the substituted functional group functions as the dopant of the conducting polymer, or a monomer having a substituent able to act as a dopant is copolymerized to prepare a polymer dopant having a substituent in a part thereof. The partially substituted polymer dopant used in this invention may serve as a dopant upon synthesis of the conducting polymer or upon additional doping of the synthesized polymer. Compared to a conventional monomer dopant, the polymer dopant does not emit low-molecular-weight material, and has higher solubility. Further, compared to a polymer dopant having a substituent such as a sulfonic acid group throughout, the synthesized conducting polymer can have superior mechanical properties and maximum conductivity amounting to 5×10?1 S/cm.

Abstract: There is provided a toner having narrow charge distribution, high chargeability and low image contamination, as well as excellent physical properties such as long-term stability, transfer property and image uniformity, by improving shapes of toner core particles and adding a suitable external additive to surfaces of the toner core particles. The toner includes spheroidized toner core particles; and an external additive coated onto surfaces of the toner core particles, wherein the external additive comprises organic powder, silica and spherical titanium dioxide powder. The toner may be useful to obtain a highly uniform and high-quality image even when the toner of the present invention is used for an extended time since the toner has high chargeability, excellent image uniformity in which charge uniformity and narrow charge distribution are maintained for a long time, low image contamination, as well as excellent physical properties such as transfer property and long-term stability.

Abstract: Provided is a dust-free diffusion plate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) manufactured by coating and drying a conductive material to a thickness of no more than 2D on a surface of the diffusion plate to prevent degradation of image quality due to dust build-up on the diffusion plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a spacer for a flexible printed circuit board used in a high temperature process. In particular, in the spacer formed with a permanent anti-static layer for the flexible printed circuit board used in the high temperature process of the present invention, the anti-static layer is formed by coating an anti-static solution comprising a metal oxide, an organic or inorganic binder, and additives for supplying a releasing property, as effective ingredients, and drying it to thereby provide the permanent anti-static property and the releasing property on the surface of the spacer, and the spacer can be used at a high temperature process. The spacer of the present invention is not a spacer for use in general delivery, which can be used in room temperature, and the spacer of the present invention can be used at a high temperature of above 150° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an antistatic adhesive tape. More particularly, the present invention relates to an adhesive tape in which one surface of the tape can have a surface resistivity in the range of 106-1011?/? by forming a conductive polymer-based antistatic layer on the surface, and the opposite surface can have a controllable surface resistivity in the range of 103-1010?/? by forming a conductive polymer-based hard coating layer on the opposite surface, and at the same time, has excellent resistance, to various solvents. The adhesive tape produced by the inventive method does not cause static electricity when it is detached from the surface of electronic parts or films to which it had been attached. Also, the tape has an excellent antistatic property on its surface when it is stuck or attached to the electronic part or film surface. Also, it has excellent resistance to various solvents.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technology for preparing a novel conductive polymer film or sheet, which is used for antistatic purposes. Specifically, the antistatic polymer film comprises antistatic layers formed on a monolayer or multilayer polymer film using a conductive polymer as an active ingredient, and has a surface resistivity of 10-10 ?/square, a decay time of less than 3 seconds, a tribo-voltage below 50 volts, and a charging voltage lower than applied voltage. Also, disclosed is an antistatic product made from such a conductive polymer film.

Abstract: A composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane and method of producing same. In one embodiment, the membrane is made by coating a porous polysulfone support for about 40 seconds with an aqueous solution containing (i) a polyfunctional amine in the form of 2 wt % of meta-phenylenediamine (MPD), (ii) a polar solvent in the form of 0.3 wt % 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol (EHD), and (iii) an amine salt-forming combination of 2.3 wt % camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) and 1.1 wt % triethylamine (TEA). Next, the excess aqueous solution is removed, and the coated support is dipped for about 1 minute in a 0.1 wt % organic solvent solution of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) in a mixture of alkanes having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms. After draining the organic solvent solution off, the resulting composite membrane is heated at 90° C. for about 3.5 minutes and then rinsed in a 0.2% Na2CO3 aqueous solution at room temperature. The resultant membrane exhibits a flux of 47.9 gfd and a salt rejection of 97.