Patent ID: 8004177

Claim:
A conducting polymer composition, comprising: a conducting polymer; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a siloxane compound of formula (1), a siloxane compound of formula (2), and a silane compound of formula (3): where each of R 1 and R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of —CH 2 (CH 2 ) m SiX 1 X 2 X 3 , —O—SiX 4 X 5 X 6 , a cross-linkable unit, a hole transport unit, an electron transport unit, an emissive unit, hydrogen, a halogen atom, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, and a C 6 -C 30 aryl group, and at least one of R 1 and R 2 is —CH 2 (CH 2 ) m SiX 1 X 2 X 3 , —O—SiX 4 X 5 X 6 , or a cross-linkable unit; each of X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 , X 13 , X 14 , X 15 , X 16 , X 17 , X 18 , X 19 , and X 20 is independently selected from the group consisting of a cross-linkable unit, a hole transport unit, an electron transport unit, an emissive unit, hydrogen, and a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, and at least one of X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 , at least one of X 4 , X 5 , and X 6 , at least one of X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 , X 13 , and X 14 , and at least one of X 15 , X 16 , X 17 , X 18 , X 19 , and X 20 are a cross-linkable unit; D is a C 1 -C 20 alkylene group, a C 1 -C 20 alkylene group substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C 1 -C 20 alkylene group substituted with at least one hole transport unit, electron transport unit or emissive unit, or a divalent hole transport unit; p is an integer from 3 to 8; m is an integer from 1 to 10; q is zero or an integer from 1 to 10; r is zero or an integer from 1 to 10; q X 10 are the same or different; q X 11 are the same or different; and r D are the same or different; and the cross-linkable unit in the siloxane compound of formula (2) is one of a hydroxyl group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, and a halogen atom; and at least one selected from the group consisting of an acid, metal nanoparticles and inorganic nanoparticles.