Liquid crystal-templated conducting organic polymers

Title: Liquid crystal-templated conducting organic polymers

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A method of preparing a conductive polymeric film, includes providing a liquid crystal phase comprising a plurality of hydrophobic cores, the phase on a substrate, introducing a hydrophobic component to the phase, the component a conductive polymer precursor, and applying an electric potential across the liquid crystal phase, the potential sufficient to polymerize the said precursor.

Inventors:: Stupp, Samuel I.; Hulvat, James F.

Issue Date:: 2004-01-20

Research Org.:: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1174693

Patent Number(s):: 6680215

Application Number:: 10/272,707

Assignee:: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01B - CABLES

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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K2019/526 - {Gelling agents}

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01B - CABLES
H01B1/12 - organic substances {

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/0037 - {Polyethylene dioxythiophene [PEDOT] and derivatives}

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K19/54 - Additives having no specific mesophase {characterised by their chemical composition}
C09K2019/528 - {Surfactants}

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/0036 - {Heteroaromatic compounds comprising sulfur or selene, e.g. polythiophene
H01L51/0006 - {Electrolytic deposition using an external electrical current, e.g. in-situ electropolymerisation}

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DOE Contract Number:: FG02-00ER45810

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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