An object of the present invention is to improve the service life of an organic light emitting element. In order to solve the above problem, a curable polymer according to the present invention includes a macromolecule including a main chain having a conjugating monomer and a side chain having a crosslinking group, and the macromolecule is doped with holes.

Provided herein are copolymer electrolytes and electrocatalyst platforms, including brush block copolymers, triblock brush copolymers and pentablock brush copolymers. The copolymers described have beneficial chemical, physical and electrical properties including high ionic conductivity and mechanical strength. In embodiments, for example, the provided copolymer electrolytes and electrocatalyst platforms are doped with lithium salts or mixed with ionic liquids to form ion gels. In some embodiments, the copolymers provided herein self-assemble into physically cross-linked polymer networks with additional useful properties. The provided copolymers have low dispersity in the polymer side chains and do not require post-polymerization modifications.

A method of producing a solid electrolytic capacitor, including a step of forming a dielectric film on the surface of a valve-acting metal having fine pores and a step of forming a solid electrolyte layer containing a conductive polymer on the dielectric film; wherein the solid electrolyte layer containing the conductive polymer is formed without using an oxidizing agent by: (i) a method of polymerizing at least one of the compounds (A1) represented by formula (1) disclosed herein in the presence of a compound (B) having a sulfo group; (ii) a method of copolymerizing at least one compound (A2) represented by formula (2) disclosed herein; and (iii) a method of polymerizing at least one of the compounds (A1) and (A2).

Described herein are compositions comprising hole carrier materials, typically conjugated polymers, and poly(aryl ether sulfones)s, ink compositions comprising hole carrier materials and poly(aryl ether sulfones)s, and uses thereof, for example, in organic electronic devices.

The present invention relates to (i) a method of producing a conductive polymer, comprising polymerizing at least one of compounds (A1) represented by the formula (1) disclosed in the specification in the presence of a compound (B) having sulfo group; (ii) a method of producing a conductive polymer, comprising polymerizing at least one compound selected from a group consisting of at least one compound (A2) represented by the formula (2); and (iii) a method of producing a conductive polymer, comprising copolymerizing at least one compound (A1) and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of at least one compound (A2). The method of the present invention is a method for producing a one-liquid type conductive polymer in which it is possible to easily adjust the solvent affinity, the solubility, and other such aspects of performance according to the purpose.

A film having a metallic luster is easier to manufacture and exhibits little degradation over time, an article having the film formed thereon, and a manufacturing method for the film having a metallic luster. The film, which has a metallic luster, according to one aspect of the present invention, is characterized by containing a thiophene polymer. The manufacturing method for the film which has a metallic luster, according to another aspect of the present invention, is characterized by a thiophene being polymerized using an oxidizing agent and made into a solution containing the thiophene polymer, and then coating and drying the solution containing the thiophene polymer on an article. The article having the film which has a metallic luster formed thereon, according to another aspect of the present invention, is characterized by containing a thiophene polymer.

A method for producing a PEDOT film on a substrate comprising a substrate and at least one PEDOT layer on a surface of the substrate is disclosed. The method comprises applying a solution comprising an oxidant and a base inhibitor on a surface of the substrate; subjecting the oxidant-coated substrate to a polymerization step by exposing the surface(s) of the oxidant-coated substrate to EDOT monomer vapour at a polymerization temperature; and wherein, during the polymerization step, the temperature of the oxidant-coated substrate is kept at a controlled substrate temperature and wherein the controlled substrate temperature is 2-40? C. lower than the polymerization temperature. Further is disclosed a conducting PEDOT film, an electronic device comprising the conducting PEDOT film and different uses of the conducting PEDOT film. Further, is disclosed a method for producing a polymer film formed of a copolymer, a conducting polymer film, an electronic device comprising the conducting polymer film and different uses of the conducting polymer film.

Described herein are compositions comprising hole carrier materials, typically conjugated polymers, and fluoropolymers ink compositions comprising hole carrier materials and fluoropolymers, and uses thereof, for example, in organic electronic devices.

A film having a metallic luster is easier to manufacture and exhibits little degradation over time, an article having the film formed thereon, and a manufacturing method for the film having a metallic luster. The film, which has a metallic luster, according to one aspect of the present invention, is characterized by containing a thiophene polymer. The manufacturing method for the film which has a metallic luster, according to another aspect of the present invention, is characterized by a thiophene being polymerized using an oxidizing agent and made into a solution containing the thiophene polymer, and then coating and drying the solution containing the thiophene polymer on an article. The article having the film which has a metallic luster formed thereon, according to another aspect of the present invention, is characterized by containing a thiophene polymer.

The present invention relates to a conductive polymer material of poly(thio- or seleno-)phene type containing at least two distinct species of counteranion, including a first species which is an anionic form of sulphuric acid, and a second species of counteranion selected from triflate, triflimidate, tosylate, mesylate, perchlorate and hexafluorophosphate. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a material and the use thereof as conductive film. The invention also targets a substrate coated at least partly by a film of a material as defined above, a device comprising a material as defined above as conductive material, and also the use thereof in the organic electronics, organic thermoelectricity, organic photovoltaic and organic photodetector fields.