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Title: Process for introducing electrical conductivity into high-temperature polymeric materials

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5445116

High-temperature electrically conducting polymers are described. The in situ reactions: AgNO[sub 3] + RCHO [yields] Ag + RCOOH and R[sub 3]M [yields] M + 3R, where M=Au or Pt have been found to introduce either substantial bulk or surface conductivity in high-temperature polymers. The reactions involving the R[sub 3]M were caused to proceed thermally suggesting the possibility of using laser means for initiating such reactions in selected areas or volumes of the polymeric materials. The polymers successfully investigated to date are polyphenylquinoxaline, polytolylquinoxaline, polyquinoline, polythiazole, and pyrone.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5271870; A
OSTI ID:
5445116
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 27 Jun 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English