Intrinsically conducting polymer composites

Meneguzzi, A., M.C. Pham, and C.A. Ferreira. 2002. Electrosynthesis of a double layered intrinsically conducting polymer composite on iron substrates. Mol Cryst Liq Cryst 374 583. 

Note 4 An intrinsically conducting polymer should be distinguished from a conducting polymer composite and from a solid polymer electrolyte. 

Hatchett, D. W. Josowicz, M., Composites of intrinsically conducting polymers as sensing nanomaterials, Chem. Rev. 2008, 108, 746-769... 

Besides the intrinsic conductive polymers, some deformable polymers, such as shape-memory polymers, are usually activated by heating. After incorporating with conductive fillers, such as carbon nanomaterials, they can be simulated by the electricity through Joule heating (Liu et al., 2009 Hu and Chen, 2010 Koerner et al., 2004). This kind of electro thermally active polymer composites can produce expansion/contraction and bending behaviors upon with the electricity. Moreover, these actuators can work durably... 

Intrinsically Conducting Polymer-Based Blends and Composites for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Theoretical and Experimental Aspects... 

Fibers containing intrinsically conductive polymer are manufactured from a composition containing an organic acid salt of an intrinsically conductive polymer, a matrix polymer, and a spinning solvent. Polyaniline is the intrinsically conductive polymer. Polyaniline alone cannot be processed into fiber because of its low solubility (standard wet spinning methods require a polymer concentration of 15-20%). Many polymers can be used as the matrix polymer. For this application, polyacrylonitrile was selected. A variety of solvents can be used but dimethylacetamide was found to be the most useful. 

Beck, F., E. Abdelmula, and M. Dahlhaus (2000). Anodic deposition of composites with a matrix of intrinsically conducting polymers. Electrochim. Acta 45,3423—3429. 

Intrinsically Conducting Polymers and Their Composites for Anticorrosion and Antistatic Applications... 

Intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are electroactive long-range conjugated polymers. They generally possess reversible redox performance, while metal corrosion is also a redox process therefore, it is possible that ICPs may find application for metal anticorrosion. It is true since the early report for corrosion inhibition performance of ICPs such as polyaniline (PANI) by DeBerry [5]. After more than 20 years of development, now ICPs have received much attention, since th may be a kind of alternative anticorrosion agents instead of the toxic heavy metal in anticorrosion coating, no matter they are used alone or as composite with substrate resin. 

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