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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
John Robert Reynolds, Gainesville, FL (US);
Ryan Michael Walczak, Gainesville, FL (US);
John Robert Reynolds, Gainesville, FL (US);
Ryan Michael Walczak, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A method to prepare halogen end-capped polypyrroles, polyfurans or copolymeric pyrroles and furans is presented that readily occurs in a liquid state as well as a solid state without the need of a catalyst from a dihalopyrrole monomer, dihalofuran monomer, or a mixture of monomers. The polymerization mixture can be modified to include a monohalo-monomer for the introduction of a specific end-group or a polyhalo-monomer to form a branched polymer or network. An initiating species can be included in the polymerization mixture to avoid an induction period or to commence the polymerization process on demand. The electroactive polymers can be formed as a bulk material, a coating, or as a film.