Post-polymerization processing of conductive polymers: A way of converting conductive polymers to conductive materials?

doi:10.1016/0379-6779(86)90022-6

Synthetic Metals

Volume 15, Issues 2–3, July–August 1986, Pages 183-193

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Abstract

The state of the art is to synthesize polymer directly in the form (film, coating, sheet) in which it will be used later. More needs to be known about methods of processing a virgin conductive polymer in ‘undoped’ or ‘doped’ form. It will be shown that it is possible to modify the morphology after polymerization (a) by a modification of thermoplastic processing methods (leading to a compact formed particle) or (b) by making homogeneous blends from conductive polymers with isolating thermoplastic polymers.

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