Representative Procedures in Detail

Yoshino et al. [276] describe a procedure for dry-spinning of poly(3-dodecyl thiophene) fiber directly from die melt at ca. 250° - 300° C, yielding enhanced conductivities (ca. 50 S/cm) over those of films. 

Structural Aspects, Morphology and Fiber/Film Processing 

013 mL/min into a hexane coagulating bath [315]). As seen in the schematic in Fig. 9-4. this precursor polymer is then simultaneously converted to final polymer as well as doped (with Cl ) in one step. The draw ratio of the fiber is adjusted via the relative speeds of motors 1 and 2. Final fiber widths as large as 50 /tm (for 16-fold stretching) are obtained. 

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