Patent number: 6149840
Abstract: A polymer blend composition, capable of being made electrically conductive by application of heat having an electrically conductive upon doping polymer in undoped form; the undoped polymer is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted polyparaphenylenevinylenes, polyanilines, polyazines, polythiophenes, poly-p-phenylene sulfides, polyfuranes, polyselenophenes, polyacetylenes filtered from soluble precursors and combinations and blends thereof, compounded and blended at a molecular scale with a dielectric polymer; wherein the dielectric polymer is selected from the group consisting of interpolymers of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, acetal acrylic liquid crystal polymers, polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyester, polyetherimide, polyethersulfone, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyvinychloride, styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, fluoropolymers, nylon polyesters, and thermoplastic
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2000
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Ali Afzali Ardakani, Marie Angelopoulos, Vincent Albert Bourgault, Liam David Comerford, Michael Wayne Mirre, Steven Earle Molis, Ravi Saraf, Jane Margaret Shaw, Peter Joseph Spellane, Niranjan Mohanlal Patel