Patent ID: 7576159

Claim:
A polymeric material comprising a poly(disubstituted acetylene) and a siloxanyl-based polymer, wherein the poly(disubstituted acetylene) has a formula of wherein the group R 1 of different repeating units is independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, C 6-36 aryl, and C 6-36 substituted aryl, and some or all of the R 1 groups are trifluoromethyl; R 2 comprises a substituted silyl group having a formula of wherein R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, C 6-36 aryl, and C 6-36 substituted aryl; and n is a positive integer in the range from about 20 to about 500.