The present disclosure provides compositions including a conductive polymer; and a fiber material comprising one or more metals disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides a component, such as a vehicle component, including a composition of the present disclosure disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides methods for manufacturing a component including: contacting a metal coated fiber material with an oxidizing agent and a monomer to form a first composition comprising a metal coated fiber material and a conductive polymer; and contacting the first composition with a polymer matrix or resin to form a second composition.

An electrically conductive material includes an anionic polymer having a polymer backbone that is bonded to a plurality of terminal catechol moieties and a plurality of terminal sulfonate moieties. It also includes a cationic polymer including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene).

Provided are a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate adhesive composition for same, and an optical display apparatus comprising same, the polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer; and a polarizing plate adhesive layer and a protective layer which are sequentially formed on at least one surface of the polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate adhesive layer comprises poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), and the polarizing plate adhesive layer has a surface resistance of about 1×10.sup.8 to about 1×10.sup.12(Ω/□).

A liquid composition. The liquid composition comprises particles comprising a complex of a polythiophene and a polyanion; and a liquid phase comprising water and at least one organic solvent having a boiling point, determined at a pressure of 1013 mbar, in the range from 110 to 250° C. and a solubility in water, determined at 25° C., of at least 10 wt.-%. The liquid phase is an azeotrope or is capable of forming an azeotrope. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of a layered body, the layered body obtainable by such a process, and the use of a liquid composition.

A liquid composition. The liquid composition comprises (i) particles comprising a complex of a polythiophene and a polyanion, (ii) at least one tetraalkyl orthosilicate, (iii) at least one solvent, and (iv) gallic acid, at least one derivative of gallic acid or a mixture thereof. Also provided are a process for the preparation of a liquid composition, a liquid composition obtainable by such a process, a process for the preparation of a layered body, the layered body obtainable by such a process, a layered body and the use of a liquid composition.

A dispersion comprising first particles comprising conductive polymer and polyanion and second particles comprising the conductive polymer and said polyanion wherein the first particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 micron to no more than 10 microns and the second particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 nm to no more than 600 nm.

A transparent flexible bio-electrode and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The transparent flexible bio-electrode includes a substrate, electrode sites disposed at one side on the substrate, electroconductive contacts disposed at the other side on the substrate, and an interconnector configured to connect the electrode sites and the contacts.

Disclosed herein are flexible metal-free antenna systems using fabric coated with electrically conductive polymers.

A solid electrolytic capacitor containing a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element contains a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric that includes conductive polymer particles that contain a complex formed from a thiophene polymer and a copolymer counterion, and an external polymer coating that overlies the solid electrolyte and includes conductive polymer particles.

A solid electrolytic capacitor containing a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element contains an anode body that contains tantalum, a dielectric that overlies the anode body; and a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric. The solid electrolyte includes an intrinsically conductive polymer containing repeating thiophene units. Further, the capacitor exhibits a dielectric strength of about 0.6 volts per nanometer or more. The capacitor also exhibits a charge-discharge capacitance after being subjected to 3,000 cycles of a surge voltage and an initial capacitance prior to being subjected to the surge voltage, wherein the ratio of the charge-discharge capacitance to the initial capacitance is from about 0.75 to 1.