A flow reactor system and methods having tubing useful as polymerization chamber. The flow reactor has at least one inlet and at least one mixing chamber, and an outlet. The method includes providing two phases, an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase and forming an emulsion for introduction into the flow reactor.

The present invention discloses a polyimide material, a preparation method thereof, and an electrochromic device, wherein the polyimide material has a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) as an end capping group. The present invention has the beneficial effects that the polyimide material, the preparation method thereof, and the electrochromic device of the present invention use an oligoaniline and a fluorescent triphenylamine fragments as raw materials to prepare a polyamic acid solution, and then introducing the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) as the end capping group of the polyimide material to give an electrochromic ability and stable electroluminescence to the polyimide material, which provides directional guidance for subsequent fluorescent displays and electrochromic devices.

Described herein are methods for accelerating the start-up in SAGD type processes wherein the volume between the injector and the producer is preheated utilizing open-holes drilled between wells. The recovery of hydrocarbons is also improved due to a viscous fluid drive in the open-holes during SAGD operations.

A composition comprising: (a) a conductive polymer, (b) a resin having a solubility parameter of 9.0 to 12.0 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, (c) a solvent, and (d) a phenolic compound.

The present disclosure relates to a continuous flow process for preparing conducting polymers, for example polyaniline. The continuous flow process can provide a controlled synthesis of a conducting polymer from an emulsion comprising a polymerizable organic monomer and a free radical initiator in flow within a temperature controlled continuous flow reactor comprising at least one mixing element. The present disclosure also relates to the conducting polymers prepared by the continuous flow process.

Composite nanofibers comprising polymers and tannins, methods of making same, and methods of use. The nanofibers include a polymer, such as a synthetic polymer, and a tannin. The tannin can include condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) and/or hydrolyzable tannins. The nanofibers exhibit a number of structural and functional characteristics, such as enhanced swelling in aqueous liquid, enhanced antibacterial activity, enhanced bacterial adsorption, enhanced fibroblast adhesion, enhanced fibroblast proliferation, and enhanced surface coating of silver nanoparticles, among others. The nanofibers can be made by electrospinning a solvent mixture comprising the synthetic polymer and the tannin in a solvent. The nanofibers can be used in methods of isolating cells, methods of filtration, and methods of detecting cells, among others.

A conductive composition comprising a conductive polymer (A) having an acidic group, and a basic compound (B), wherein: an area ratio (X/Y) is 0.046 or less as calculated by an specific method, which is a ratio an area (X) of a region corresponding to molecular weight (M) ranging from 300 to 3300, relative to an area (Y) of an entire region ascribed to the conductive polymer (A); or a ratio, ZS/ZR, is 20 or less, wherein the ZS is a maximum value of fluorescence intensity in a wavelength region of 320 to 420 nm when a fluorescence spectrum is measured using a spectrofluorometer at an excitation wavelength of 230 nm with respect to a measurement solution obtained by diluting the conductive composition with water so as to adjust solids content of the conductive polymer (A) to 0.6% by mass, and the ZR is a maximum value of Raman scattering intensity in a wavelength region of 380 to 420 nm when a fluorescence spectrum of water is measured using a spectrofluorometer at an excitation wavelength of 350 nm.

A composite conductive polymer, a preparation method thereof and application thereof are disclosed, wherein a mixed solution A is used in the preparation process of the composite conductive polymer, which comprises the following two components: (i) a strong oxidant selected from at least one of permanganate, persulfate, dichromate and perchlorate; (ii) an oxidizing agent containing a metal ion capable of being reduced to elementary substance. The preparation process is simple and easy to operate, with low cost and favorable environmental protection and the obtained composite conductive polymer containing metal in elementary form, has good film-forming property and the film thereof can completely cover the surface of the insulating substrate, with excellent electrical conductivity, which therefore can be widely used in electroplating materials and semiconductor materials and other fields.

Compositions of oligoanilines with higher purity, methods of making and using thereof, are provided. The compositions are produced in large scale with larger yield using simple purification techniques such as washing. Methods have been developed that allow large scale synthesis of oligoaniline compounds with the following benefits: (i) higher purity; (ii) larger yield of oligoaniline compounds; (iii) simple purification that does not require complicated techniques such as liquid chromatograph; (iv) lower cost; and (v) full characterization. The highly pure oligoaniline compositions can be used as reducing or oxidizing agent in a redox reaction. The oligoaniline compositions have colors and can be used as dyes, i.e. redox active dyes in a redox reaction, as intermediates for the development of conductive elastomers, or as catalysts.

A conductive polymer material is provided that includes an electrically conducting monomer and a zwitterionic sulfate chemically attached to the monomer. The electrically conducting monomer is at least one of acetylene, pyrrole, thiophene, phenylenevinylene, paraphenylene and aniline. The zwitterionic sulfonate includes an imidazolium group or an ammonium group. A solid-state battery is also provided that includes the conductive polymer material in an electrode. The solid-state battery includes an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one of the anode and the cathode includes the conductive polymer material.