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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Wudl, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alan Heeger, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524609 ; 524612 ; 528399 ;
Abstract
A self-doped conducting polymer having along its backbone a .pi.-electron conjugated system which comprises a plurality of monomer units, between about 0.01 and 100 mole % of the units having covalently linked thereto at least one Bronsted acid group. The conductive zwitterionic polymer is also provided, as are monomers useful in the preparation of the polymer and electrodes comprising the polymer.