Polymers comprising at least one unit of formula (1) and their use as semiconducting materials.

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Provided is a coating for forming a conductive release layer capable of forming a conductive release layer having high adhesion to a film base material, suppressing deterioration in conductivity over time in the air, and having a sufficient releasing property. The coating for forming a conductive release layer of the present invention contains a conductive composite including a π-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, an epoxy compound having an epoxy group, a curable silicone, a polyester resin, and an organic solvent.

A method of manufacturing a highly conductive polymer thin film is proposed. The method includes a step of coating a substrate with a first dopant solution including a polymer material and a first dopant to form a conductive polymer thin film subjected to first conductive treatment; and a step of performing second conductive treatment using a second dopant solution including pyronin B on the conductive polymer thin film to form a highly conductive polymer thin film.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for electronic components that may be or be part of an artificial neural network. The electronic component may include a substrate that has a plurality of input electrodes and a plurality of output electrodes disposed on and/or within the substrate, where the electrodes have a separation from one another. The electronic component may also include an electrically conductive network of one or more electrically conductive polymers. The electrically conductive network may be configured to electrically crosslink the plurality of input electrodes to the plurality of output electrodes.

A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.

Disclosed are a polymer including at least one structural unit with a moiety represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic thin film including the polymer, a thin film transistor, and an electronic device. ##STR00001## In Chemical Formula 1, Ar.sup.1 to Ar.sup.3, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, and R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 are the same as described in the detailed description.

A stretchable electrically conductive coaxial fiber includes a tubular sheath that is made from a thermoplastic elastomer that is an electrical insulator, and an electrically conductive strip located inside the tubular sheath. The conductive strip is buckled inside the tubular sheath to form a ribbon.

A metallic nanowire: conductive polymer composite is fabricated. A metallic nanowire layer is formed by a process that leaves an organic ligand residue on the metallic nanowire layer. A conductive polymer film is formed on a supporting substrate. The metallic nanowire layer is integrated with the conductive polymer film to form a metallic nanowire: conductive polymer composite. The metallic nanowire: conductive polymer composite is wet by a reaction solution including a source of metal ions, at least one acid, and a solvent for a period of time sufficient to remove the organic ligand residues from the metallic nanowire layer and sufficient to grow metal nanoparticles from the source of metal ions to create metal interconnections at junctions where the two or more nanowires in the metallic nanowire layer touch each other. Following growth of the nanoparticles, the nanowire: conductive polymer composite is removed from the reaction solution and dried.

An insulation useful in the field of building materials, refrigeration, cryogenics, and shipping. The insulation has reduced radiative heat transfer by applying coating to the insulation material in order to alter the emissivity, including the infrared electromagnetic spectrum.

There is provided a conductive composite having excellent conductivity and able to form a conductive film with which film loss in a resist layer is low. The conductive composite of the present invention includes a conductive polymer and a surfactant. When a critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is less than 0.1% by mass, a content of the surfactant is 5 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer. In addition, when the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is 0.1% by mass or more, the content of the surfactant is more than 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer.