Abstract: Electrically conductive polymeric systems having electrical conductivities greater than 10.sup.-4 S/cm are prepared by a method wherein a polyarylene compound which contains one or more chain members of the formula ##STR1## where n is greater than 1, preferably from 5 to 50, R is a nitrile, acid amide, carboxyl or ester group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or a nitrile, acid amide, carboxyl or ester group, with the proviso that in each case one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen and the other is a nitrile, acid amide, carboxyl or ester group, and Y is an aromatic radical, preferably phenylene, is doped, in the absence of moisture and oxygen, with from 0.03 to 0.9 mole percent of an electron-attracting or electron-donating complexing agent.

Abstract: Polypyrrole films are produced by electrochemical polymerization of a pyrrole, or a mixture of a pyrrole with other comonomers, in an electrolyte solvent in the presence of a conductive salt, by a continuous process wherein the pyrrole polymer is deposited in the form of a film on anodic material which has a sheet-like structure and is passed continuously through the electrolyte solution.As shown in FIG. 1, this procedure can be carried out in an electrolysis vessel (1) which contains the electrolyte solution (2), a cathode (3) which dips into this solution, and, as the anode, a rotating cylindrical roller (4) which is partially or completely immersed in the electrolyte solution (2); the polypyrrole film (6) is deposited on the anodic surface (5) of the cylindrical roller (4), and is subsequently removed therefrom.

Abstract: Polymers which comprise polyene units possessing 5 or more conjugated aliphatic C-C double bonds and contain 1,9-disubstituted phenalenes as chemically bonded side groups are prepared by a process in which acetylene derivatives carrying 1,9-disubstituted phenalene groups are polymerized. The polymers obtained are used in the electrical industry or as reversible redox systems or for the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: Polymers which have two or more stable, reversibly interconvertible oxidation states with half-wave potentials E.sub.1/2 of from -1.5 to +1 V, and which are obtained when a polymer having a reactive side group is reacted with a 1,9-substituted phenalene, are useful for producing electrically conductive systems, in the electrical industry, and for converting and fixing radiation, for producing electric switches, as electrochromic displays, for providing an antistatic finish on plastics and as reversible redox systems.

Abstract: Poly(acetylene) films are produced by polymerization of acetylene, if appropriate mixed with a di- and/or poly(alkyne), in the presence of an active transition metal catalyst on filaments, fibers, woven or knitted fabrics, nonwovens, laid webs, interlaced structures or nets composed of metals, glass or natural and/or synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material based on a styrene polymer which has been made impact-resistant, and on a polyphenylene ether, wherein the impact-resistant styrene polymer comprises a soft component which has a mean particle diameter of greater than 0.3 .mu.m and contains an acrylic ester polymer as the elastomeric component. The novel molding materials possess improved flow and give moldings having improved aging resistance.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive products which are stable to air and have conductivities greater than 1 .times.10.sup.-3 S/cm, by reacting a cation of a metal of group VII or VIII or of sub-group I of the periodic table with an organic chelating compound to give a metal chelate and oxidizing the latter to form a oxidized product, wherein the organic chelating compound is a 1,9-substituted phenalene of the formula I ##STR1## where X is O, NH, S, Se or Te and Y is OH, NH.sub.2 or SH. The electrically conductive products are useful for the production of solar cells, the conversion and fixing of radiation, the production of electrical and magnetic switches and the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing molding materials, comprising (A) a polymer of a vinyl-aromatic compound, especially a styrene polymer, which has been made impact-resistant (B) a polyphenylene ether and (C) a flameproofing additive, with or without (D) conventional additives, wherein one part of the soft component of the impact-resistant polymer of the vinyl-aromatic compound has a mean particle size of .ltoreq.1.5 .mu.m and the other part has a mean particle size of .ltoreq.3 .mu.m. Such molding materials not only have good self-extinguishing properties but also give moldings having a particularly uniform matt surface.

Abstract: Molding materials containing high molecular weight polyphenylene ethers are produced by a process in which a solution of a polyphenylene ether in an organic solvent, together with another polymer, is freed of solvent by multi-stage evaporation.The solvent is preferably an aromatic compound from the class comprising the hydrocarbons, halohydrocarbons, ethers or esters, the ratio of the other polymer to the polyphenylene ether is advantageously from 99:1 to 20:80 parts by weight, the other polymer is, in particular, a homopolymer or copolymer of styrene or of a homolog thereof, which may be modified with rubber, and the multi-stage evaporation process preferably comprises not less than two and not more than four working up stages.The evaporation is carried out in general at from 120.degree. to 280.degree. C. and under a pressure of from 1 to 3,000 mbar, advantageously in the presence of assistants which reduce the partial pressure, eg. water and/or methanol.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials based on impact resistant styrene polymers and polyphenylene ethers, containing an ester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 30 carbon atoms and an aliphatic or aromatic hydroxy compound having 1 to 6 hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive polymers by polymerizing acenaphthylene, N-vinyl-heterocyclics, eg. N-vinylcarbazole or N-vinylpyridine, or N,N-divinylaniline at from -80.degree. to +100.degree. C. in the presence of a cationtic catalyst, wherein from 1 to 50 percent by weight of an oxidizing Lewis acid, preferably FeCl.sub.3, FeBr.sub.3, SbCl.sub.5, SbF.sub.5, AsF.sub.5 or CF.sub.3 -SO.sub.3 H, or a combination of AlCl.sub.3 or TiCl.sub.4 with the said compounds or with CrO.sub.3 or OsO.sub.4 is used as the catalyst. In a preferred embodiment of the process, thin films of the monomers to be polymerized, applied to glass or to a polymeric base, preferably to a plastic film, are treated with gaseous SbCl.sub.5, SbF.sub.5 or AsF.sub.5.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of stable electrically conductive polymers, having conductivities greater than 10.sup.-2 S/cm, wherein a polyacetylene is reacted with from 1 to 100, preferably from 10 to 33, % by weight of tosylmethyl isocyanide and from 0.1 to 70, preferably from 5 to 35, % by weight of an alkali metal or its amide, or of a Lewis acid. The polymers obtained can be used in electrical engineering for the production of solar cells, for the conversion and fixing of radiation and for the production of electrical and magnetic switches and electrical storage devices, and can also be used for the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials based on styrene polymers which have been made impact-resistant and on polyphenylene ethers, wherein the particles of the soft component of the styrene polymer which has been made impact-resistant have a mean diameter of more than 1 micron, and wherein the proportion of particles which have a diameter of less than 0.6 micron is not less than 40% by weight and the proportion of particles which have a diameter of from 0.6 to 3 microns is less than 3% by weight.

Abstract: Stable electrically conductive polymers having conductivities greater than 10.sup.-2 S/cm are prepared by heating p-doped polyacetylenes, in the absence of oxygen and moisture, for from 0.1 to 3 hours, preferably from 0.5 to 1.0 hour, at from 500.degree. to 1,100.degree. C., preferably from 550.degree. to 850.degree. C. The electrically conductive polymers obtained can be used in the electrical industry for the production of solar cells, for the utilization and fixing of radiation, for the production of electrical and magnetic switches and stores, and for the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive polymers which have conductivities greater than 10.sup.-2 S/cm and possess improved stability to oxygen, comprising treating an organic unsaturated polymer of the series of the polyphenylenes, heterophenylenes and polyacetylenes, in the absence of moisture and of oxygen, first with an organic nitroso compound and then with a conventional dopant, the latter being, in particular H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, AsF.sub.5, SbF.sub.5, UF.sub.6, SbCl.sub.5, AlCl.sub.3, BF.sub.3, CF.sub.3 SO.sub.3 H, VOCl.sub.3, HClO.sub.4, NO.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sub.2.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ AsF.sub.6, NO.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, I.sub.2, Br.sub.2, ICl, PF.sub.5, CrO.sub.2 Cl.sub.2, NO.sub.2.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ BF.sub.4.sup.-, NO.sup.+ ClO.sub.4.sup.-, (CF.sub.3).sub.2 SO.sub.4, NbF.sub.5, TaF.sub.5, WF.sub.6, FeCl.sub.3, CdCl.sub.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of high molecular weight polyphenylene ethers from monohydric phenols which have alkyl substituents in both ortho-positions and may additionally have an alkyl substituent in one meta-position but not in the para-position, by an oxidative coupling reaction, employing oxygen, at from 10.degree. to 25.degree. C., in the presence of a catalyst complex comprising a copper salt and an N-substituted imidazole, in the presence of an aromatic C.sub.8 -C.sub.10 -hydrocarbon solvent.N-Methylimidazole, N-ethylimidazole, N-isopropylimidazole, N-n-butylimidazole, N-cyclohexylimidazole, N-octylimidazole and N-phenylimidazole are preferably used as the imidazole, advantageously in amounts of from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive polymers, having conductivities greater than 10.sup.-2 S/cm, wherein from 0.1 to 95% by weight of black phosphorus and from 0.5 to 25% by weight of sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium or of an amide of these, preferably in tetrahydrofuran, dimethoxyglycol, nitromethane or methylene chloride (the molar ratio of alkali metal or amide to organic compound preferably being from 1:1 to 1:5) are added to an organic polymer chosen from the group comprising the polyphenylenes, heteropolyphenylenes and polyacetylenes, in the absence of moisture and of oxygen. The electrically conductive polymers obtained can be used in the electrical industry for the production of solar cells, for conversion and fixing of radiation and for the production of electrical and magnetic switches, and can also be used for the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: Electrically conductive complexes of polypyrroles with nitroaromatic anions are prepared by polymerizing pyrrole, an N-alkylpyrrole and/or an N-arylpyrrole by anodic oxidation in a polar solvent, in the presence of a salt of an acidic nitroaromatic compound.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive heteropolyphenylenes, wherein from 0.5 to 5 per cent by weight of an activating additive is introduced, in the absence of moisture and of oxygen, into a heteropolyphenylene of the general formula ##STR1## where X is O, S, Se, SO or SO.sub.2 and Y has one of the meanings given for X or is NH, CH.sub.2, CO or C.sub.6 H.sub.4, and n is from 2 to 250. The activating additive is preferably one of the compounds AsF.sub.5, SbF.sub.5, UF.sub.6, HClO.sub.4, NO.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sub.2.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, SbCl.sub.5, NO.sub.2.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ BF.sub.4.sup.-, NO.sup.+ ClO.sub.4.sup.-, (CF.sub.3).sub.2 SO.sub.4, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, 2,4,6-trinitrophenylsulfonic acid and 2,4,6-trinitrophenylcarboxylic acid, or is sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, calcium or barium or one of their amides, the latter being added, if appropriate, in tetrahydrofuran, dimethoxyglycol, anthracene, naphthalene or 2-methylstyrene.

Abstract: Thermosplastic molding materials which contain styrene polymers and polyphenylene ethers whose phenolic hydroxyl groups have been reacted with reactive copolymers.