Abstract: The electroconductive composition of the present invention contains an electroconductive polymer (A) having a sulfonic acid group and/or carboxylic acid group, and a basic compound (B) having two or more nitrogen atoms. The electrical conductor of the present invention consists of the electroconductive composition. In the laminate of the present invention, the electrical conductor is laminated on at least one surface of a substrate. The method for producing a laminate of the present invention includes applying the electroconductive composition to at least one surface of a substrate, heating and drying the composition, and forming an electrical conductor. The electroconductive film of the present invention is provided with the electrical conductor.

Abstract: A conductive composition according to the present invention contains a conductive polymer (A) having a sulfonic acid group and/or a carboxyl group; and an alkali metal hydroxide and/or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide (B). In such a conductive composition, the amount of the hydroxide (B) is set at 0.2˜0.65 mol per 1 mol of a repeating unit that contains a sulfonic acid group and/or a carboxyl group in the conductive polymer (A).

Abstract: When measuring the molecular mass distribution of conductive aniline polymer of formula (1) by GPC and converting its retention time into molecular mass (M) in terms of sodium polystyrene sulfonate, for the molecular mass (M), the area ratio (X/Y) of the area (X) of a region of 15,000 Da or more to the area (Y) of a region of less than 15,000 Da is 1.20 or more. A method for producing such a polymer includes: polymerization step (Z1) where specific aniline derivative (A) is polymerized in a solution containing basic compound (B), solvent (C), and oxidizing agent (D) at a liquid temperature lower than 25° C.; or polymerization step (Z2) where specific aniline derivative (A) and oxidizing agent (D) are added to and polymerized in a solution of a conductive aniline polymer (P-1) with a unit of formula (1) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent (C).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductor having a substrate and a conductive coating film laminated on the substrate, wherein, the surface resistance value of the conductive coating film is 5×1010?/? or less, the Ra1 of the conductive coating film is 0.7 nm or less, the Ra2 value of the conductive coating film scanning probe microscopies 0.35 nm or less, and the conductive coating film is formed with a conductive composition containing a conductive polymer (A). In addition, the present invention relates to a conductive composition which contains a conductive polymer (A) and a surfactant (B), wherein the surfactant (B) contains a specific water-soluble polymer (C), and the content of a compound (D1) with an octanol-water partition coefficient (Log Pow) of 4 or more in the conductive composition is 0.001 mass % or less, relative to the total mass of the conductive composition.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor in which a solid electrolytic layer is formed by applying and drying a conductive-polymer solution which contains a conductive polymer that satisfies following condition (A) and which meets following condition (B) to a dielectric layer formed by oxidizing the surface of an anode metal. Condition (A): Out of one or more peaks that appear when particle size distributions are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method using a conductive-polymer solution containing 1 mass % conductive polymer, the volume average particle size in the distribution that includes the peak of the smallest particle size is smaller than 26 nm.

Abstract: A conductive composition according to the present invention contains a conductive polymer (A) having a sulfonic acid group and/or a carboxyl group; and an alkali metal hydroxide and/or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide (B). In such a conductive composition, the amount of the hydroxide (B) is set at 0.2˜0.65 mol per 1 mol of a repeating unit that contains a sulfonic acid group and/or a carboxyl group in the conductive polymer (A).

Abstract: When measuring the molecular mass distribution of conductive aniline polymer of formula (1) by GPC and converting its retention time into molecular mass (M) in terms of sodium polystyrene sulfonate, for the molecular mass (M), the area ratio (X/Y) of the area (X) of a region of 15,000 Da or more to the area (Y) of a region of less than 15,000 Da is 1.20 or more. A method for producing such a polymer includes: polymerization step (Z1) where specific aniline derivative (A) is polymerized in a solution containing basic compound (B), solvent (C), and oxidizing agent (D) at a liquid temperature lower than 25° C.; or polymerization step (Z2) where specific aniline derivative (A) and oxidizing agent (D) are added to and polymerized in a solution of a conductive aniline polymer (P-1) with a unit of formula (1) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent (C).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for giving electric conductivity to a material, by which a conductive material having excellent water resistance and sufficient antistatic properties even at a low temperature and a low humidity can be easily obtained at low cost. In the method, electric conductivity is given to a base material (A) having a nitrogen-containing functional group by soaking the base material (A) in a liquid containing a conductive polymer (B) having at least one kind of sulfonic group and carboxyl group while holding the liquid at a temperature in the range of from 30 to 130° C. A conductive material to be obtained by such a method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cross-linkable, electrically conductive composition comprising (a) a soluble, electrically conducting polymer having a sulfonic acid group and/or a carboxyl group and (b) a thermally cross-linkable or ultraviolet- or electron beam-cross-linkable resin or paint.

Abstract: A method for producing a soluble conductive polymer having acidic groups, which comprises subjecting to electrolytic polymerization (a) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acidic group-substituted anilines, acidic group-substituted pyrroles, acidic group-substituted thiophenes, acidic group-substituted furans, acidic group-substituted selenophenes, acidic group-substituted tellurophenes, acidic group-substituted isothianaphthenes, acidic group-substituted isobenzofurans, acidic group-substituted isoindolines, acidic group-substituted isobenzoselenophenes, acidic group-substituted isobenzotellurophenes, and their metal salts, ammonium salts and substituted ammonium salts in a solution containing (b) a basic compound.

Abstract: A soluble aniline conducting polymer characterized in that said conductive polymer comprises as a repeating unit an alkoxyl group-substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and/or substituted ammonium salts, and is a solid having a weight average molecular weight of about 1900 or more at room temperature, a conductive composition and electric conductor comprising the same, and a method for producing a soluble aniline conducting polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 t 3,240,000 characterized by polymerizing at least one compound (1) selected from the group consisting of an acidic group-substituted aniline, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and substituted ammonium salts in a solution containing a basic compound (2) using an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: A composition for irradiation with an ionizing radiation, characterized by comprising: (a) 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a soluble aniline polymer which comprises one or both of the repeating units represented by the following general formulae (1) and (2), said repeating units being included at least 80% of the total repeating units, possesses a weight average molecular weight of not less than 10,000, and is solid at room temperature; and (b) 100 parts by weight of a solvent, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 represent an electron-donating group, Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.4 represent --SO.sub.3 -- or --COO--, and M.sup.1 to M.sup.4 represent a hydrogen ion, an ammonium ion, an a1kyl ammonium ion with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aromatic ammonium ion, or a quaternary ion of an aromatic heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: A soluble aniline conducting polymer characterized in that said conductive polymer comprises as a repeating unit an alkoxyl group-substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and/or substituted ammonium salts, and is a solid having a weight average molecular weight of about 1900 or more at room temperature, a conductive composition and electric conductor comprising the same, and a method for producing a soluble aniline conducting polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 t 3,240,000 characterized by polymerizing at least one compound (1) selected from the group consisting of an acidic group-substituted aniline, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and substituted ammonium salts in a solution containing a basic compound (2) using an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: A soluble aniline conducting polymer characterized in that said conductive polymer comprises as a repeating unit an alkoxyl group-substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and/or substituted ammonium salts, and is a solid having a weight average molecular weight of about 1900 or more at room temperature, a conductive composition and electric conductor comprising the same, and a method for producing a soluble aniline conducting polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 t 3,240,000 characterized by polymerizing at least one compound (1) selected from the group consisting of an acidic group-substituted aniline, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and substituted ammonium salts in a solution containing a basic compound (2) using an oxidizing agent.