The present invention provides a conductive polymer composition which contains (A) a polyaniline-based conductive polymer having a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1), (B) a polyanion, and (C) an amino acid, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.A1 to R.sup.A4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear, branched, or cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally containing a heteroatom; and R.sup.A1 and R.sup.A2, or R.sup.A3 and R.sup.A4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring. There can be provided a conductive polymer composition that has excellent antistatic performance and applicability, dose not adversely affect a resist, and can be suitably used in lithography using electron beam or the like.

The present disclosure provides polyanilines, articles thereof, and methods of forming polyanilines. In at least one aspect, a polyaniline has a thermal stability of about 100° C. or greater, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 50,000 g/mol to about 150,000 g/mol and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 1 to about 5. In at least one aspect, a film includes a polyaniline, the film having a hydrocarbon content of about 1 wt % or less, based on the total weight of the film. In at least one aspect, a method includes introducing an emulsion of an aqueous solution of an aniline and an alkyl-substituted aryl sulfonic acid having 1 wt % or less of hydrocarbon content into a flow reactor, the flow reactor having a length of tubing having an inner diameter. The method includes polymerizing the monomer within the tube to form a polyaniline.

Provided are: a conductive composition containing a conductive polymer (A) satisfying the below-mentioned condition (i) and a compound (B) having at least 3 hydroxyl groups, and having a pH at 25° C. of a 1 mol/L aqueous solution of no greater than 9.0; a conductive composition that further contains a water-soluble polymer (C) having a hydroxyl group; and a solid electrolytic capacitor having a solid electrolytic layer containing the composition. Condition (i): the volume-average particle size of the smallest particle distribution containing the smallest peak exhibited by the particle size among at least one peak obtained by measuring the particle distribution by means of a dynamic light scattering method using a conductive polymer solution containing 1% by mass of the conductive polymer being less than 26 nm.

The present disclosure provides a method for dispersing graphene. The method includes the following steps: providing a graphene material and a graphene dispersant, wherein the graphene dispersant comprises aniline oligomer or aniline oligomer derivative, the aniline oligomer or aniline oligomer derivative is an electroactive polymer, and the aniline oligomer or aniline oligomer derivative is able to combine with the graphene material via π-π bond; and adding the graphene material and the graphene dispersant to a dispersing medium, making the aniline oligomer or aniline oligomer derivative combine with the graphene material via π-π bond, and dispersing the graphene material in the dispersing medium by the graphene dispersant.

Provided is a polymer compound useful for production of a light emitting device excellent in external quantum yield. The polymer compound includes a constitutional unit represented by the formula (1):

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wherein a.sup.1 and a.sup.2 represent 0 or 1, Ar.sup.A1 and Ar.sup.A3 represent an arylene group or the like, and in each of Ar.sup.A1 and Ar.sup.A3 at least one atom adjacent to an atom forming a bond to the constitutional unit adjacent to the each of Ar.sup.A1 and Ar.sup.A3 has an alkyl group or the like as a substituent, Ar.sup.A2 represents a phenylene group, Ar.sup.A4 represents an arylene group or the like, R.sup.A1, R.sup.A2 and R.sup.A3 represent an aryl group or the like, and when a.sup.2 is 0, R.sup.A1 represents an aryl group in which two or more rings are condensed (the number of carbon atoms constituting the rings of the aryl group is 10 or more) or the like.

A method for production of a porous body containing a conductive polymer comprising impregnating a porous body with a conductive polymer composition comprising component (a) a conductive polymer and component (b) a solvent, and drying the porous body after impregnation at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the solvent by 10° C. or more, followed by drying at a temperature higher than or equal to the boiling point of the solvent.

Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package comprising: a die and a package substrate coupled to the die with a first interconnect on a first face. The package substrate comprises: a second interconnect and a third interconnect on a second face opposite to the first face; a conductive signal path between the first interconnect and the second interconnect; a conductive ground path between the second interconnect and the third interconnect; and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection material coupled to the conductive ground path. The ESD protection material comprises a first electrically-conductive carbon allotrope having a first functional group, a second electrically-conductive carbon allotrope having a second functional group, and an electrically-conductive polymer chemically bonded to the first functional group and the second functional group permitting an electrical signal to pass between the first and second electrically-conductive carbon allotropes.

A method for producing nano-composites comprising graphitic carbon nitride reduced to nano size, having high electrical conductivity is provided. The method includes the steps of: producing graphitic carbon nitride (g-C.sub.3N.sub.4) having a chemical formula (C.sub.3N.sub.4).sub.m, applying an obtained g-C.sub.3N.sub.4 powder via an ultrasonic homogenization method on concentrations, obtaining a nano g-C.sub.3N.sub.4 suspension, wherein a size of the nano g-C.sub.3N.sub.4 suspension changes between 10-100 nm as a result of applying the ultrasonic homogenization method, obtaining polyaniline with a chemical formula (C.sub.6H.sub.7N).sub.n in an emeraldine salt form, obtaining a nano-composite, mixing in aniline or aniline-HCl water at concentrations of 0.1-1 mol/L, adding a nano graphitic carbon (nano g-C.sub.3N.sub.4) into a mixture and mixing between 10-60 minutes, carrying out a polymerization process by adding an oxidant to the mixture and obtaining the nano composite having the high electrical conductivity.

There is provided a temperature sensor element including a pair of electrodes and a temperature-sensitive film disposed in contact with the pair of electrodes, in which the temperature-sensitive film includes a matrix resin and a plurality of conductive domains contained in the matrix resin, the conductive domains include a conjugated polymer and a dopant, and the number of structural units constituting the conjugated polymer is 65 or less.

Aspects of the present disclosure include compositions and methods of making and use thereof. In at least one aspect, a composition, includes a polyaniline and a polysiloxane having a density of about 1.05 g/cm.sup.3 or greater. The composition optionally includes a solvent. In at least one aspect, a method includes introducing a polyaniline with a polysiloxane having a density of about 1.05 g/cm.sup.3 or greater to form a composition. In at least one aspect, a method includes disposing a composition onto a substrate. The composition includes a polyaniline and a polysiloxane having a density of about 1.05 g/cm.sup.3 or greater.