A conductive composite material that includes: particles of a layered material including one or plural layers, wherein the one or plural layers include a layer body represented by: M.sub.mX.sub.n, where M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof, n is not less than 1 and not more than 4, m is more than n but not more than 5, and a modifier or terminal T exists on a surface of the layer body, where T is at least one of a hydroxyl group, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom; and a polymer material that includes a hydrogen acceptor and a hydrogen donor, a ratio of the particles of the layered material is more than 19% by volume but not more than 95% by volume.

A conductive composite material that includes: particles of a layered material including one or plural layers, wherein the one or plural layers include a layer body represented by: M.sub.mX.sub.n, where M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof, n is not less than 1 and not more than 4, m is more than n but not more than 5, and a modifier or terminal T exists on a surface of the layer body, where T is at least one of a hydroxyl group, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom; and a polymer material that includes a hydrogen acceptor and a hydrogen donor, a ratio of the particles of the layered material is more than 19% by volume but not more than 95% by volume.

A cable includes a transmissive core; a jacket surrounding the transmissive core, which has at least an outermost polymeric layer; and an external semi-conductive layer around and in direct contact with the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket. The external semi-conductive layer is made of a composition comprising a base polymer material and an electrically conductive filler. The electrically conductive filler includes carbon nanotubes.

A CNS millbase dispersion, comprises a solvent and up to 0.5 wt % of at least one CNS-derived material dispersed in the millbase dispersion and selected from the group consisting of: carbon nanostructures, fragments of carbon nanostructures, fractured carbon nanotubes, and any combination thereof. The carbon nanostructures or fragments of carbon nanostructures include a plurality of multiwall carbon nanotubes that are crosslinked in a polymeric structure by being branched, interdigitated, entangled and/or sharing common walls, and the fractured carbon nanotubes are derived from the carbon nanostructures and are branched and share common walls with one another. A Brookfield viscosity of the dispersion measured at room temperature at 10 rpm is less than 3000 cP.

The present invention is directed to electrodepositable compositions comprising: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of the solid particles to the ionic resin of at least 17:1, and wherein the weight ratio of the lithium-containing particles to the electrically conductive particles is at least 3:1. The present invention is additionally directed to a battery electrode comprising a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating is deposited from the electrodepositable composition described above.

The present invention is directed to electrodepositable compositions comprising: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of the solid particles to the ionic resin of at least 17:1, and wherein the weight ratio of the lithium-containing particles to the electrically conductive particles is at least 3:1. The present invention is additionally directed to a battery electrode comprising a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating is deposited from the electrodepositable composition described above.

A nanocomposite, comprising a carbonaceous perimorph, the perimorph comprising at least one cell. The cell comprises a cell wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm and a morphology evolved from a template. The composite comprises an interior space having a morphology evolved from the template with a diameter between 10 nm and 1,000 nm, and one of a linear structure, a non-linear structure, and an infiltrated endomorph. The endomorph substantially fills the interior space of the perimorph.

A nanocomposite, comprising a carbonaceous perimorph, the perimorph comprising at least one cell. The cell comprises a cell wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm and a morphology evolved from a template. The composite comprises an interior space having a morphology evolved from the template with a diameter between 10 nm and 1,000 nm, and one of a linear structure, a non-linear structure, and an infiltrated endomorph. The endomorph substantially fills the interior space of the perimorph.

A conductive polymer coating composition including a conductive fibrillated structure and a base polymer, wherein the conductive fibrillated structure includes a fibrillated polymer and a conductive polymer grafted on the fibrillated polymer, and wherein the conductive polymer coating composition has an electrical conductivity from about 10.sup.−5 S/cm to about 10.sup.+1 S/cm and a thermal conductivity from about 1.1 W/m K to about 3 W/m K.

A soft conductive composition can include: a crosslinked silicone composition; and single-walled or multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the silicone composition. A neural probe or other implant can include the soft conducive composition on a least a portion of the implant body. A method of making an implant can include: selecting PDMS precursors; cross-linking the PDMS precursor to obtain an elastic modulus of about 3-9 kPa or +/− 1%, 5%, 10%, 20%, or 50%; selecting the carbon nanotubes; introducing the carbon nanotubes into the crosslinked PDMS to form a soft conductive composite composition; and coating the soft conductive composite composition onto at least a portion of an implant. A method of measuring properties at a neural interface can include: providing a neural probe having a soft conductive composition; implanting the neural probe having the soft conductive composition at a neural interface; and measuring a property with the neural probe.