The present invention is an electrically conductive polymer that is stable with respect to both time and environmental conditions. Most electrically conductive polymers have bulk resistance that varies (increases) over time. The current electrically conductive polymers also vary when they are exposed to harsh environments. The time and environmental variability is attributable to both the type of fiber and the type of coating used. The present invention uses stainless steel fibers that have an outer most coating that is one of tin, tin-lead, tin-silver, tin-palladium, tin-silver-palladium, and silver-palladium. The coating comprises 5%-40%, by weight, of the coating fiber. The coated fiber comprises 25%-35%, by weight, of the electrically conductive polymer. The bulk polymer is at least one of polypropylene (“PP”), polycarbonate (“PC”), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (“ABS”), polyethylene (“PE”), polyether ether ketone (“PEEK”), and polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”).

The present invention is an electrically conductive polymer that is stable with respect to both time and environmental conditions. Most electrically conductive polymers have bulk resistance that varies (increases) over time. The current electrically conductive polymers also vary when they are exposed to harsh environments. The time and environmental variability is attributable to both the type of fiber and the type of coating used. The present invention uses stainless steel fibers that have an outer most coating that is one of tin, tin-lead, tin-silver, tin-palladium, tin-silver-palladium, and silver-palladium. The coating comprises 5%-40%, by weight, of the coating fiber. The coated fiber comprises 25%-35%, by weight, of the electrically conductive polymer. The bulk polymer is at least one of polypropylene (“PP”), polycarbonate (“PC”), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (“ABS”), polyethylene (“PE”), polyether ether ketone (“PEEK”), and polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”).

A conductive tape comprising a conductive particle-containing layer containing at least a binder resin layer and a plurality of conductive particles, In this conductive tape, the plurality of conductive particles are distributedly disposed independently from each other on one surface of the binder resin layer, a surface of the binder resin layer in a vicinity of each of the conductive particles has an inclination or an undulation with respect to a tangent plane of the binder resin layer in a center portion between adjacent conductive particles, in the inclination, the surface of the binder resin layer around the conductive particle is lacked with respect to the tangent plane, and in the undulation, a resin amount of the binder resin layer right above the conductive particle is smaller than that when the surface of the binder resin layer right above the conductive particle is flush with the tangent plane.

A conductive tape comprising a conductive particle-containing layer containing at least a binder resin layer and a plurality of conductive particles, In this conductive tape, the plurality of conductive particles are distributedly disposed independently from each other on one surface of the binder resin layer, a surface of the binder resin layer in a vicinity of each of the conductive particles has an inclination or an undulation with respect to a tangent plane of the binder resin layer in a center portion between adjacent conductive particles, in the inclination, the surface of the binder resin layer around the conductive particle is lacked with respect to the tangent plane, and in the undulation, a resin amount of the binder resin layer right above the conductive particle is smaller than that when the surface of the binder resin layer right above the conductive particle is flush with the tangent plane.

The present disclosure relates to a variety of devices, systems, and methods of utilizing mixed-ionic-electronic conductor (MIEC) materials which are adapted to function with an applied current or potential. The materials, as part of a circuit, can placed in contact with a part of a human or nonhuman animal body.

A transparent electroconductive film (X) includes a transparent resin substrate (10) and a transparent electroconductive layer (20) in this order in a thickness direction (T). The transparent electroconductive layer (20) has, in an in-plane direction orthogonal to the thickness direction (T), a first direction in which a compressive residual stress is maximum, and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. In the transparent electroconductive layer (20), a ratio of a second compressive residual stress in the second direction to a first compressive residual stress in the first direction is 0.82 or more.

This method for producing a charge transporting thin film, wherein a charge transporting varnish containing a charge transporting substance, an electron accepting dopant substance containing at least one substance selected from among naphthalene sulfonates and benzene sulfonates, and an organic solvent is applied onto a substrate and is subsequently heated at 100-180° C. so that the organic solvent is evaporated therefrom, is capable of efficiently producing a charge transporting thin film which is able to be used as a hole collecting layer that enables the achievement of an organic photoelectric conversion element having high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

A composite material having a force- or pressure-dependent resistance comprises particles of inorganic chalcogenide dispersed in a polymer. The chalcogenide may be a pyrite such as iron pyrite, copper iron pyrite or a mixture of the two. The composite material may be used in a force or pressure sensor, for example in a wearable device.

A photosensitive resin composition includes electrically conductive particles (A) whose surfaces are coated with a carbon simple substance and/or a carbon compound; an alkali-soluble resin (B) containing an acid-dissociation group; and a metal chelate compound (C) wherein the metal chelate compound (C) includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Cu, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn, Pd, Pt, Al, Ti, Zr, W and Mo.

A photosensitive resin composition includes electrically conductive particles (A) whose surfaces are coated with a carbon simple substance and/or a carbon compound; an alkali-soluble resin (B) containing an acid-dissociation group; and a metal chelate compound (C) wherein the metal chelate compound (C) includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Cu, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn, Pd, Pt, Al, Ti, Zr, W and Mo.