Patent ID: 7026432
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B82Y,C08K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a conductive composition comprising: blending a polymer precursor with a single wall carbon nanotube composition; and wherein A 2 has the structure of formula (V): wherein G 1 represents an aromatic group, E represents an alkylene, alkylidene group or a cycloaliphatic group, R 1 represents hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, Y 1 is an inorganic atom, m represents any integer from and including zero through the number of positions on G 1 available for substitution; p represents an integer from and including zero through the number of positions on E available for substitution; t represents an integer equal to at least one; s is either zero or one; and u represents any integer including zero; a polyester polymer having recurring units of the formula (VIII): wherein R 3 represents an aryl, alkyl or cycloalkyl radical having greater than or equal to about 2 carbon atoms and which is the residue of a straight chain, branched, or cycloaliphatic alkane diol; and R 4 is an aryl, alkyl or a cycloaliphatic radical; wherein the polyester is the polymerization product of a diol or diol chemical equivalent with a diacid or diacid chemical equivalent; a structural unit of the formula (XIV) wherein each R 1 is independently halogen or C 1-12 alkyl, m is at least 1, p is up to about 3, each R 2 is independently a divalent organic radical, and n is at least about 4; the polymerization product of a polymer precursor of the formula (XV): wherein R 5 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen; Z 1 is vinyl, halogen or lower alkyl; and p is from 0 to about 5; a polyimide having the general formula (XVI) wherein a is greater than or equal to about 1; and wherein V is a tetravalent linker comprising (a) substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic monocyclic and polycyclic groups having about 5 to about 50 carbon atoms, (b) substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups having 1 to about 30 carbon atoms; or combinations of the foregoing tetravalent linkers; R is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical having about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkylene radical having about 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene radical having about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a divalent radicals of the general formula (XIX) wherein Q includes a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—,—C(O)—, —SO 2 —, —SO—, —C y H 2y — or its halogenated derivatives an y is about 1 to about 5; and wherein the tetravalent linker comprises aromatic radicals of formula (XVII), wherein W is —O—, —S—, —C(O)—, —SO2—, —SO—, —CyH2y— or halogenated derivatives thereof, wherein y is from 1 to 5, or a group of the formula —O—Z—O— wherein the divalent bonds of the —O— or the —O—Z—O— group are in the 3,3′, 3,4′, 4,3′, or the 4,4′ positions, and wherein Z is a divalent radical of formula (XVIII) a polyamide that is the polymerization product of organic lactams represented by the formula (XXVII) wherein n is about 3 to about 11 and amino acids represented by the formula (XXVIII) wherein n is about 3 to about 11; a polyamide that is the polymerization product of a first polyamide with a second polyamide; wherein the first polyamide comprises repeating units having formula (XXX) wherein R 1 a branched or unbranched alkyl group having nine carbons; and wherein the second polyamide comprises repeating units having formula (XXXI) and/or formula (XXXII) wherein R 2 is a branched or unbranched alkyl group having four to seven carbons and R 3 is an aromatic group having six carbons or a branched or unbranched alkyl group having four to seven carbons; or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing organic polymers; wherein the composition has an electrical bulk volume resistivity less than or equal to about 10 12 ohm-cm, a notched Izod impact strength greater than or equal to about 5 kilojoules/square meter; and a class A surface finish.