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Electrically Conductive Molecular Composites Based Upon Ppbt and Metallophthalocyanines: Processing, Microstructure, and Electrochemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

P. A. Depra
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
J. M. Giesler
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engrg. and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
T. J. Marks
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
S. H. Carr
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engrg. and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
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Abstract

Mechanically strong, environmentally stable, and electrically conductive polymeric films and fibers can be fabricated by processing (dry-jet, wet-spinning) solutions of PPBT and metallophthalocyanine molecular metal precursors, followed by chemical or electrochemical oxidation. X-ray diffraction, and resonance Raman measurements on (PPBT)-[Ni(Pc)I]x fibers indicate a microstructure consisting of small Ni(Pc)I crystallites imbedded in a PPBT matrix. Cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential coulometry indicate that PPBT/NiPc films can be reversibly doped.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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