Patent ID: 6284832
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: C08L,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
A conducting polymer composite that is crosslinked, comprising:a minor phase material in the form of a semicrystalline polymer,a conducting filler material dispersed in said minor phase material in an amount which is at or just exceeds the percolation threshold and sufficient to generate a continuous conducting network in said minor phase material,a major phase material, said major phase material being a polymer which when mixed with said minor phase material will not engage in electrostatic interactions that promote miscibility, said major phase material having said minor phase material dispersed therein in an amount which is at or just exceeds the percolation threshold and sufficient to generate a continuous conducting network in said major phase material, forming a conducting polymer composite having co-continuous phases,chemical means for crosslinking said conducting polymer composite, andone or more additional major phase materials, each said additional major phase material being polymers which when mixed with other major phase materials, and with said minor phase material and said conductive filler will not engage in electrostatic interactions that promote miscibility, such that a multi-phase immiscible conducting polymer composite having co-continuous phases is formed.