The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
William F. Mcdonald, Utica, OH (US);
Amy B. Koren, Lansing, MI (US);
Sunil K. Dourado, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joel I. Dulebohn, Lansing, MI (US);
Robert J. Hanchar, Charlotte, MI (US);
William F. McDonald, Utica, OH (US);
Amy B. Koren, Lansing, MI (US);
Sunil K. Dourado, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joel I. Dulebohn, Lansing, MI (US);
Robert J. Hanchar, Charlotte, MI (US);
Michigan Biotechnology Institute, Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are polymer-based coatings and materials comprising (i) a polymeric composition including a polymer having side chains along a backbone forming the polymer, at least two of the side chains being substituted with a heteroatom selected from oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus and combinations thereof; and (ii) a plurality of metal species distributed within the polymer. At least a portion of the heteroatoms may form part of a chelation complex with some or all of the metal species. In many embodiments, the metal species are present in a sufficient concentration to provide a conductive material, e.g., as a conductive coating on a substrate. The conductive materials may be useful as the thin film conducting or semi-conducting layers in organic electronic devices such as organic electroluminescent devices and organic thin film transistors.