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Electrically conductive blends of intrinsically conductive polymers and thermoplastic polymers containing sulfonamide plasticizer and acidic surfactant
Assignee: Americhem Inc
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Filing: 1991-01-31
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Granted: 1993-06-08
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Expires: 2011-01-31
Abstract
Abstract A conductive polymeric blend comprises an intrinsically conductive polymer, an insulating thermoplastic material and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an impact modifier, an ester-free plasticizer and an acidic surfactant. The thermoplastic material comprises a thermoplastic polymer. The conductive polymeric blend has a conductivity of greater than about 10 -9 S/cm. A process for preparing conductive polymeric blends comprises the steps of forming a blend comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer, an insulating thermoplastic material and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an impact modifier, an ester-free plasticizer and an acidic surfactant. The thermoplastic material comprises a thermoplastic polymer. The conductive polymeric blend has a conductivity of from of greater than yabout 10 -9 S/cm.
Inventors
- 👤 Vaman G. Kulkarni
- 👤 Bernhard Wessling
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 18:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/06; H01B1/12; H01B1/124; H01B1/128; C; C08; C08L; C08L79/00; C08L79/02; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/04; C08L27/00; C08L27/02; C08L27/04; C08L27/06; C08L31/00; C08L31/02; C08L31/04; C08L33/00; C08L33/04; C08L33/06; C08L33/10; C08L67/00; C08L67/02; C08L75/00; C08L75/04; C08L77/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A processible, conductive polymer blend comprising: from about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of an intrinsically conductive polymer; and, from about 99 to about 50 parts by weight of an insulating thermoplastic material; wherein said thermoplastic material comprises from about 100 to about 50 percent by weight of a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, copolymers of polyvinyl chloride with vinyl acetate, chlorinated polyethylene, polyamides, polyesters, polyacetates, polyvinyl acetates, polyacrylates, polyurethanes, and copolymers and mixtures thereof; and wherein said thermoplastic material also comprises from about 1 to about 40 percent by weight of a sulfonamide plasticizer, and from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of an acidic surfactant; the blend having a conductivity of above about 10 -2 S/cm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A processible, conductive polymer blend comprising: from about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of an intrinsically conductive polymer; and, from about 99 to about 50 parts by weight of an insulating thermoplastic material; wherein said thermoplastic material comprises from about 100 to about 50 percent by weight of a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, copolymers of polyvinyl chloride with vinyl acetate, chlorinated polyethylene, polyamides, polyesters, polyacetates, polyvinyl acetates, polyacrylates, polyurethanes, and copolymers and mixtures thereof; and wherein said thermoplastic material also comprises from about 1 to about 40 percent by weight of a sulfonamide plasticizer, and from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of an acidic surfactant; the blend having a conductivity of above about 10 -2 S/cm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
139 words
A processible, conductive polymer blend comprising: from about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of an intrinsically conductive polymer; and, from about 99 to about 50 parts by weight of an insulating thermoplastic material; wherein said thermoplastic material comprises from about 99 to about 1 percent by weight of polyvinyl chloride; and, wherein said thermoplastic material also comprises from about 1 to about 99 percent by weight of chlorinated polyethylene, from about 1 to about 40 percent by weight of a sulfonamide plasticizer with an attendant decrease in the amount of said thermoplastic polymer in said thermoplastic material and from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of an acidic surfactant with an attendant decrease in the amount of said thermoplastic polymer in said thermoplastic material; the blend having a conductivity of above about 10 -2 S/cm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
139 words
A processible, conductive polymer blend comprising: from about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of an intrinsically conductive polymer; and, from about 99 to about 50 parts by weight of an insulating thermoplastic material; wherein said thermoplastic material comprises from about 99 to about 1 percent by weight of polyvinyl chloride; and, wherein said thermoplastic material also comprises from about 1 to about 99 percent by weight of chlorinated polyethylene, from about 1 to about 40 percent by weight of a sulfonamide plasticizer with an attendant decrease in the amount of said thermoplastic polymer in said thermoplastic material and from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of an acidic surfactant with an attendant decrease in the amount of said thermoplastic polymer in said thermoplastic material; the blend having a conductivity of above about 10 -2 S/cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 2, wherein said intrinsically conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of doped polyanilines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 3, wherein said doped polyaniline has been doped with hydrochloric acid or organic sulfonic acids.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 2, wherein said sulfonamide plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of N-butyl benzene sulfonamide, N-butyl toluene sulfonamide and N-ethyl toluene sulfonamide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 2, wherein said plasticizer has a solubility parameter of greater than about 11 (cal/cm 3 ) 178 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 2, wherein said acidic surfactant has a pH of less than about 6.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 7, wherein said acidic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of acid anhydrides, lactones and organic phosphate esters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A conductive polymeric blend as in claim 8, wherein said organic phosphate ester is a nonionic ethylene oxide adduct.
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