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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Thomas W. Smith, Penfield, NY (US);
David J. Luca, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A composition comprised of a composite comprised of an aromatic or heteroaromatic polymer comprised of monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, indole, thiophene, thianaphthene, indene, azulene and ring pendant substitutent derivatives thereof as a discrete phase; and a block copolymer as a continuous phase selected from the group consisting of ionophoric and ionomeric copolymers, wherein the block copolymer has at least one apolar segment and at least one ion binding segment, wherein the ionomeric or ionophoric block copolymer is present in an amount from about 99 to about 50 percent by weight based on the combined weight of the block copolymer and the aromatic or heteroaromatic polymer, wherein the block copolymer provides micellar or vesicular domains for organization and polymerization of the monomer or monomers.