Honeywell G.m.b.h.

Samson A Jenekhe

Barbara J Fure

James R Peterson

Stephen T Wellinghoff

Thomas J Kedrowski

Marcia K Hansen

Stanley F Lo

Solubilizing macromolecules including rigid chain and ladder polymers with Lewis acids dissolved in aprotic organic solvents. The resulting isotropic or anisotropic solutions are useful for producing films, coatings, fibers, and other forms of the macromolecules.

Solubilizing polymers with an organic solvent system

Electrically conducting polymer complexes, prepared from N-substituted carbazoles, p-acetoxylbenzaldehyde, and protic acids, are soluble in polar organic solvents giving conductive polymer solutions processable to stable conductive films, coatings, and sponges.

Electrically conducting polymers and complexes

Macromolecules, including rigid chain or ladder polymers are solubilized in aprotic organic solvents by complex formation. The resultant polymer solutions are useful for producing films, coatings, fibers, sheets, and other forms of the macromolecules.

Complexation-mediated solubilization of polymers

Methods of solution processing of rigid chain and ladder polymers to films, coatings, or fibers from isotropic or anisotropic solutions in aprotic organic solvents containing Lewis acids are disclosed.

Solution processing of rigid chain and ladder polymers

Electroactive polymers of the structure and formula ##STR1## in their neutral and ionized forms, where the backbone group R.sub.b is selected from or is a combination of five- and six-membered rings capable of aromatic and quinonoid bonding structures, R.sub.s is selected from aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic groups and x, y are positive integers from 1 to 5 and m is a positive integer from 2 to about 10,000, together with a method of making them are disclosed.

Method of making electroactive polymers having aromatic and quinonoid

Electroactive polymers of the structure and formula ##STR1## in their neutral and ionized forms, where the backbone group R.sub.b is selected from or is a combination of five- and six-membered rings capable of aromatic and quinonoid bonding structures, R.sub.s is selected from aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic groups, x and y, are positive integers from 1 to 5 and m is a positive integer from 1 to about 10,000, together with a method of making them are disclosed.

Electroactive polymers having aromatic and quinonoid bonding structures

Electroactive organic polymeric materials of poly(heterocycle diyl methylenes) containing alternating heterocyclic conjugated segments of varying sizes and methylene or substituted methylenes in the main chain and random copolymers of such poly(heterocycle diyl methylenes) together with a method of making them are disclosed.

Electroactive heterocyclic aromatic polymers

Method of making electroactive heterocyclic aromatic polymers

Method of making environmentally stable conductive organic polymers synthesized from carbazole or N-substituted carbazoles and benzaldehyde or substituted benzaldehydes doped with charge transfer acceptors is disclosed.

Method of making conducting polymer complexes of N-substituted

Environmentally stable conductive organic polymers synthesized from carbazole or N-substituted carbazoles and benzaldehyde or substituted benzaldehydes doped with charge transfer acceptors are disclosed.

Electrically conducting complexes of polymers of N-substituted

Environmentally stable polymer complexes of processible poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) are disclosed together with a method of making the complexes.

Complexes of poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes)

A one-step process for synthesizing electrically conducting polymers of iodine doped poly N-alkylcarbazoles is disclosed together with the conducting polymers made by the process.

Process for making electrically conducting polymers and polymers made by

Environmentally stable polymer complexes of processible poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) are disclosed with can be doped to a high electrical conductivity with charge transfer acceptors such as iodine together with a method of making the complexes.

Electrically conducting complexes of poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl

A method of making an electrically conducting polymer is disclosed which includes poly(N-alkyl 3',3 carbazolyl) at least a portion of which is doped with a compatible charge transfer acceptor to provide p-type electrical conductivity, and in which the alkyl group is one selected from the group consisting of ethyl and methyl or a combination thereof.

Method of making stable electrically conducting polymers

An electrically conducting polymer is disclosed which includes poly(N-alkyl 3',3 carbazolyl) at least a portion of which is doped with a compatible charge transfer acceptor to provide p-type electrical conductivity, and in which the alkyl group is one selected from the group consisting of ethyl and methyl or a combination thereof.

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Bloomington, MN, United States of America

Samson A Jenekhe