Patent ID: 9273211
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: C09D,C25D

Claim Text:
1. A method for making a conductive polymer coating or film, comprising: preparing conductive polymer appliqué nanotube arrays having ends and pretreating a polyanionic coating or film by hydrolysis producing a polyanionic coating or film having at least one anionic group; testing said pretreated polyanionic coating or film in its neutral form to determine whether there is an extended conformation with COOH groups on a surface of said coating or film which is available for subsequent neutralization to said anionic group; further preparing said conductive polymer appliqué nanotube arrays by electropolymerizing of said pretreated polyanionic coating or film having the anionic group with aniline, pyrrole, and/or thiophene monomers in at least one conductive medium using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane or polycarbonate to improve flexibility; purifying said fabricated arrays; and attaching FeO nanoparticles to said purified conductive polymer appliqué nanotube arrays via a liquid-phase reaction utilizing sodium borohydride (NaBH