Abstract: Hybrid composite materials with multiscale morphologies are formed by doping polymer submicrometer spheres with semiconductor or metal (e.g. CdS or Ag, respectively) nanoparticles and using these doped microspheres as functional building blocks in production of hybrid periodically structured materials. The preparation of hybrid polymer particles include the following stages: (i) synthesis of monodisperse polymer microspheres, (ii) in-situ synthesis of the inorganic nanoparticles either on the surface, or in the bulk with polymer beads, and (iii) encapsulation of hybrid microspheres with a hydrophobic shell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) Lia-bM1bQ1-cM2cPd-eM3eOx (l), wherein Q has the oxidation state +2 and M1, M2, M3, a, b, c, d, e and x are: Q: Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, M1: Na, K, Rb and/or Cs, M2: Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, Co, Ni, Cr, V, Fe, Mn, wherein Q and M2 are different from each other, M3: Si, S, F a: 0.8-1.9, b: 0-0.3, c: 0-0.9, d: 0.8-1.9, e: 0-0.5, x: 1.

Abstract: A film-forming composition that attains an improvement in the solubility of a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and has a drying rate appropriate for stable formation of a uniform coating film, being suitable for the formation of a hole-injecting/transporting layer. This composition comprises a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and a liquid in which the hole-injecting/transporting material and/or the electron-accepting compound are dissolved. This liquid mainly contains a solvent whose molecule has an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring and an oxygen atom and which has either a boiling point of at least 200° C. or a vapor pressure of 1 torr or lower at 25° C.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a fluoropolyimide polymer.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provide for a device that utilizes voltage switchable dielectric material having semi-conductive or conductive materials that have a relatively high aspect ratio for purpose of enhancing mechanical and electrical characteristics of the VSD material on the device.

Abstract: Techniques are generally described related to a composite material with dielectric properties and the preparation method thereof. One example composite material may include a core having a first polymer and an ionic salt and a shell having a second polymer, where the core is electrically conductive and the shell electrically insulates and substantially surrounds the core, wherein the first polymer has a first polarity and the second polymer has a second polarity, and the first polarity is greater than the second polarity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive powder which has enough transparency for the use in the field of industrial design requiring expressions by colors, in particular, an electrically conductive powder which has superior dispersibility into solvents or polymer matrixes and gives conductivity even with low PWC. The present invention provides a transparent electrically conductive powder, comprising a first powder component that comprises:(a) a platelet-like aluminum oxide as a first substrate; and (b) a coating layer containing tungsten-doped, or tungsten- and phosphorus-doped, or phosphorus-doped tin oxide wherein the coating layer coats a surface of the first substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to a polymeric composition and a method for making and using the polymeric composition, more specifically to a polymeric composition and a method for making and using the polymeric composition in the form of a membrane.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to electrochromic electrolyte polymer blends. These blends comprise an amorphous polymer and an electrochromophore component. The electrochromophore component comprises a polyalkylene polymer copolymerized with an electrochromic moiety. The blends can be used to make elastomeric films and coatings that can be used in laminates, which can be used to form manufactured articles such as architectural and vehicular glazing, eyewear, displays and signage.

Abstract: Polyurethane gels are produced by converting a polyurethane system comprising (A1) one or more polyether alcohols of hydroxyl number 28 to 90 mg KOH/g produced primarily from propylene oxide added to a starter molecule of hydroxyl functionality between 2 and 4, (A2) one or more polyether alcohols of hydroxyl number 240 to 850 mg KOH/g produced primarily from propylene oxide added to a starter molecule of hydroxyl functionality between 2 and 4, (b1) one or more diisocyanates, (B2) one or more triisocyanates preferably produced by trimerisizing diisocyanates, (A3) at least one additive material fulfilling a prescribed function, and (A4) at least one additive material having a particle size in the range from 1 to 650 nm in the presence of one or more catalysts (A5) for forming polyurethane.

Abstract: Organic/inorganic complex proton conductors are provided which display high proton conductivity over a wide temperature range. Electrodes for fuel cells which include the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors are also provided. The invention also advantageously provides electrolyte membranes for fuel cells including the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors, and fuel cells including the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors.

Abstract: The present invention provides electrically conductive paper composites prepared from cellulose fibers modified to bind a conducting polymer to a surface of the cellulose fibers and mixing these with unmodified cellulose fibers and forming paper products from the composite. Conducting paper composites so formed were investigated for their conductivity and strength properties as a function of monomer dosage or percentage of modified fibers in the mixture and for the composites it was found that less monomer (i.e. conductive polymer) was needed to achieve the same conductivity obtained from conducting paper made from only the modified cellulose. A higher tensile strength was obtained with the composite conducting paper than was attained with conducting paper made from only the modified cellulose. The electrically conductive paper composites may also be prepared from cellulose fibers mixed with particulate fillers modified to bind a conducting polymer to a surface of the particulate fillers.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer compound which has a pyrrole derivative compound and a phenoxazine derivative compound as a repeating unit, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) device using the same for forming a hole injection layer and/or a hole transport layer. The polymer compound according to the present invention has superior electric features and a high hole-transporting capability. Thus the organic EL device using the polymer compound for forming a hole injection layer and/or a hole transport layer has superior features such as low voltage and high efficiency compared to using conventional materials.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions including semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also disclosed are optoelectronic devices prepared from semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also are disclosed methods of increasing the quantum efficiency in optoelectronic devices and methods of generating a photocurrent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-doping type electrically conducting polymer comprising an isothianaphthene or thiophene skeleton where the polymer chains are crosslinked preferably through a sulfone bond which is imparted with water resistance and solvent resistance; a production process thereof; an electrically conducting composition film obtained by coating a composition containing the self-doping type electrically conducting polymer on a substrate and heating it; a product coated using the composition; and an electronic device containing the self-doping type electrically conducting polymer.

Abstract: Chain end functionalized fluoropolymers are disclosed exhibiting good chemical reactivity high breakdown electric field (E>100 MV/m) and high dielectric constants (i.e., ?>10). The polymers can be prepared by functional initiators and from a variety of fluoromonomers including vinylidene difluoride together with one or more additional monomers. The polymers can be combined with other dielectric materials to form composites having uniform composition and morphology.

Abstract: A method of coating a surface of a fuel cell plate is disclosed herein. The method involves forming a sol gel mixture including a metal oxide modified with at least one functional group, where the at least one functional group is configured to improve adhesion; and adding carbon modified with a hydrophilic functional group to the mixture, thereby forming a suspension. The suspension is applied to the surface of the fuel cell plate, and is activated to form a porous, hydrophilic, and conductive film on the surface of the fuel cell plate.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions including semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also disclosed are optoelectronic devices prepared from semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also are disclosed methods of increasing the quantum efficiency in optoelectronic devices and methods of generating a photocurrent.

Abstract: The conductive polymer solution of the present invention contains a ?-conjugated conductive polymer, polyanions and a solvent, at least one of specific metal ions, silver halide, conductive carbon black and conductive metal oxide particles, and a reducing agent and/or neutralizing agent as necessary. The conductive polymer solution of the present invention can be used a conductive coating film having both superior transparency and being suitable for use a transparent electrode of a touch panel electrode sheet. In addition, the conductive coating film of the present invention has superior transparency that enables it to be used as a transparent electrode of a touch panel electrode sheet.

Abstract: Described is an anode material which is a transition metal nitride or carbide in form of nanoparticles, preferably a nitride or carbide with one nitrogen or carbon per metal, and especially a nitride or carbide having rock salt structure. A preferred anode material is vanadium nitride, in particular carbon coated vanadium nitride having a mean particle size of <500 nm. Embedded in an electrically conducting environment, such nanoparticulate material, in particular the vanadium nitride shows exceptional good charging-discharging cycle stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions based on thermoplastics with an electrically insulating, thermally conductive filler and with a further thermally and electrically conductive filler, and to production of these and to their uses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polymeric surfactant for high dielectric polymer composites, a method of preparing the same, and a high dielectric polymer composite including the same. The polymeric surfactant for high dielectric polymer composites, which includes a head portion having high affinity for a conductive material and a tail portion having high affinity for a polymer resin, forms a passivation layer surrounding the conductive material in the high dielectric polymer composite including the polymeric surfactant, thus ensuring and controlling a high dielectric constant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which comprises an intrinsically conductive polymer and indium and which is particularly suitable for producing puncture injection layers in light emitting diodes. Methods for producing and using the inventive composition and electronic devices for the production thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: A polyelectrolyte complex composition capable of viscosifying or thickening an aqueous high salt-containing system comprises a mixture of at least one anionic polymer and at least one cationic polymer in an inorganic salt-containing aqueous medium. The anionic polymer and cationic polymer can each be linear and water-soluble, crosslinked and water-soluble, or crosslinked and water-insoluble or swellable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent thermoplastic molding composition made from one member selected from the group consisting of a transparent copolyestercarbonate resin, a transparent blend of a polycarbonate resin with a polyester resin, and a transparent polyester resin, from about 0.

Abstract: The present invention discloses composite materials for distant laser sensing in the infrared spectral region. The composites are disclosed to consist of the conductive polymer, the infrared active compound and the thermoplastic matrix polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a dispersant for dispersing nanoparticles that are surface-bound with capping ligands in a polymer matrix having an epoxide group, a method for dispersing the nanoparticles using the dispersant, and a nanoparticle-containing thin film including the dispersant.

Abstract: A nano compound. The nano compound includes a metal or oxide thereof and an organic compound capable of oxidation and reduction bonded to the metal or oxide thereof. The invention also provides an organic memory device including the nano compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-doping type electrically conducting polymer comprising an isothianaphthene or thiophene skeleton where the polymer chains are crosslinked preferably through a sulfone bond which is imparted with water resistance and solvent resistance; a production process thereof; an electrically conducting composition film obtained by coating a composition containing the self-doping type electrically conducting polymer on a substrate and heating it; a product coated using the composition; and an electronic device containing the self-doping type electrically conducting polymer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a silicon semiconductor device, and a conductive paste for use in the front side of a solar cell device.

Abstract: Provided are negative electrode compositions for lithium-ion electrochemical cells that include metal oxides and polymeric binders. Also provided are electrochemical cells and battery packs that include electrodes made with these compositions.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles that are capped or otherwise encapsulated with conducting polymers. There is further disclosed a method for using metal oxide nanoparticles that are capped or encapsulated with conducting polymers in batteries and other energy storage devices. There is further disclosed a battery or other energy storage device having a cathode made from metal oxide nanoparticles capped or encapsulated with conducting particles. More particularly the battery is a secondary lithium battery.

Abstract: A composition is provided that includes a polymer binder, and one or more classes of particle constituents. At least one class of particle constituents includes semiconductive particles that individually have a band gap that is no greater than 2 eV. As VSD material, the composition is (i) dielectric in absence of a voltage that exceeds a characteristic voltage level, and (ii) conductive with application of said voltage that exceeds the characteristic voltage level.

Abstract: An antistatic thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin, an anionic antistatic agent, and a conductive metal oxide. The antistatic thermoplastic resin composition has enough antistatic properties to form various shapes of product, and it is particularly applicable for the production of housings of electro-electronic products or delivery trays for manufacturing an electro-electronic product.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle-encapsulating vinyl polymer including vinyl polymer particles; and semi-conductor nanoparticles, uniformly dispersed in the vinyl polymer particles, having an average particle size of 1 to 150 nm, wherein the semiconductor nanoparticles are encapsulated by the vinyl polymer particles. Provided is also a mixture of the semiconductor nanoparticle-encapsulating vinyl polymer with a commercially available vinyl polymer. In the nanoparticle-encapsulating vinyl polymer and the mixture, since the semiconductor nanoparticles are encapsulated by the vinyl polymer particles, they are highly dispersed even in vinyl polymer products. Therefore; an aggregation phenomenon of semi-conductor nanoparticles that may be caused by physical mixing of semiconductor nanoparticles and a commercially available vinyl polymer can be prevented, thereby remarkably increasing a reduction in dioxin emission during incineration of the wastes of vinyl polymer products.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a metal oxide and a chelating ligand is synthesized. The function of a coloring property, a light-emitting property, or semiconductivity of the organic-inorganic hybrid material can be controlled by chelating ligand. The organic-inorganic hybrid material is prepared by sol-gel method using sol which includes a metal alkoxide and/or a metal salt and a functional chelating agent.

Abstract: A film-forming composition that attains an improvement in the solubility of a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and has a drying rate appropriate for stable formation of a uniform coating film, being suitable for the formation of a hole-injecting/transporting layer. This composition comprises a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and a liquid in which the hole-injecting/transporting material and/or the electron-accepting compound are dissolved. This liquid mainly contains a solvent whose molecule has an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring and an oxygen atom and which has either a boiling point of at least 200° C. or a vapor pressure of 1 torr or lower at 25° C.

Abstract: A method of producing an electro-catalyst composition for use as an electrode, gas diffusion layer-supported electrode, catalyst-coated solid electrolyte layer, and membrane-electrode assembly in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) type fuel cell. The method comprises: (a) preparing a proton- and electron-conducting polymer having an electronic conductivity no less than 10?3 S/cm and a proton conductivity no less than 10?4 S/cm; (b) mixing and reacting this conducting polymer with a plurality of transition metal coordination complexes to produce the desired electro-catalyst composition having at least one heteroatom per backbone monomer unit thereof and a plurality of neutral transition metal atoms covalently bonded to at least a portion of the heteroatoms.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of conductive polymer dispersion. In the present invention the polymer is dispersed after its synthesis, hence dispersion contains only pure poly aniline salt and stabilizer. It therefore provides a pure poly aniline dispersion without any other contamination. More particularly, the purity of the dispersed poly aniline is achieved up 99% of initiator residue and monomer residue in the present invention. The present process provides a poly aniline dispersion in water, organic solvents and also in a mixture of solvents.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for coating metallic surfaces with an anti-corrosive composition that contains a conductive polymer and is a dispersion that contains the at least one conductive polymer mainly or entirely in particulate form, as well as a binder system. The conductive polymer is at least one polymer based on polyphenylene, polyfuran, polyimidazole, polyphenanthrene, polypyrrole, polythiophene and/or polythiophenylene charged with anti-corrosive mobile anions. Alternatively, the metallic surfaces can be first coated with a dispersion based on conductive polymers in particulate form, then coated with a composition which contains a binder system.

Abstract: Monomers (e.g. thinphenes) are caused to polymerise by mixing them with an oxidising agent (and generally a solvent comprising water) and irradiating the mixture with light (visible or UV). Polymer properties can be varied by doping or chemical modification. Uses include sensor elements for assays and electrical components such as electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrically conducting polymer composition and method of making a composition including an organic polymer; and a first filler including at least one ceramic filler, at least one metallic filler, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing fillers, wherein a trip temperature of the composition does not change by an amount of greater than or equal to ±10° C. when the composition is cycled 100 times between room temperature and the trip temperature. Disclosed herein as well is an electrically conducting polymer composition including a first filler including at least one ceramic filler, at least one metallic filler, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing fillers and a second filler. The compositions of the present invention have a trip temperature that is lower than the HDT temperature of the composition and can have tunable trip temperatures.

Abstract: A conductive polyurethane foam and a method of manufacturing a conductive polyurethane foam is described. The conductive polyurethane foam is produced using a polyurethane foam formulation and a conductive component that has at least one organic compound, at least one a metal salt and/or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a conductive polymer composition for an organic optoelectronic device capable of improving efficiency and lifetime. The conductive polymer composition comprises a conductive polymer, at least one organic ionic salt selected from compounds represented by the following Formulae 2 to 5 and a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid material, its use and its production process. The hybrid material comprises a polymer with acid groups. The inorganic part of the said hybrid material is constituted by the combination of at least two metal oxide components, whereof at least one comprises a functional group permitting an interaction and a spatial relationship with the acid groups of the polymer.

Abstract: A substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, the layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer e.g. containing an intrinsically conductive polymer optionally containing structural units represented by formula (I): wherein n is larger than 1 and each of R1 and R2 independently represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl group or together represent an optionally substituted C1-4 alkylene group or an optionally substituted cycloalkylene group, preferably an ethylene group, an optionally alkyl-substituted methylene group, an optionally C1-12 alkyl- or phenyl-substituted ethylene group, a 1,3-propylene group or a 1,2-cyclohexylene group; and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity; a process for preparing the transparently conductive layer; and light emitting diodes, photovoltaic devices, transistors and electroluminescent devices comprising the above-described conductive layer.

Abstract: A method of preparing an electroconductive foam, and the foam so prepared. An electroconductive polymer such as polyaniline is dispersed in a liquid medium that includes an aromatic solvent such as xylene and an organic dopant/dispersant such as an aromatic sulfonic acid. The electroconductive polymer together with the organic dopant/dispersant constitute between 10% and 25% of the resulting dispersion. The dispersion is introduced to the pores of an electrically insulating foam matrix such as polyurethane. Excess dispersion is expelled and the foam is dried actively, to line the pores with an electroconductive lining.

Abstract: A material having a conductive pattern, the material comprising a support and a conductive element, the conductive element being 500 nm thick or less and containing a polyanion and an intrinsically conductive polymer, characterized in that one surface of the conductive element is an outermost surface of the material and the other surface of the conductive element is contiguous with a patterned surface, the patterned surface consisting of at least two types of surface element, and those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type A surface element exhibiting a surface resistance at least a factor of ten greater than those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type B surface element.

Abstract: Disclosed are internally blocked borates useful for polymerizable compositions, and polymerizable adhesives made therewith. The internally blocked borates have general structures: wherein X represents —CHR6—, oxygen or sulfur; n is an integer; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected, for example, from unsubstituted and substituted C1-C10 alkyl, alkylene groups, or aryl groups, including other embodiments further defined, and M is a counter ion with positive charge m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating solution for forming transparent conductive tin oxide film, a method for producing transparent conductive tin oxide film, and transparent conductive tin oxide film. The coating solution is capable of forming, from an inexpensive starting material such as tin oxide or tin chloride, strong tin oxide film endowed with excellent conductivity and transparency. The coating solution, which is intended to be used for forming, by way of coating, transparent conductive film predominantly containing tin oxide, contains stannic acid as its major component, and a water-soluble polymer having a polar group which is dissolved in the presence of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia and water-soluble amines.