DOPANT FLEXIBILITY AND PROCESSABILITY STUDIES WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, FACE-TO-FACE METALLOMACROCYCLIC POLYMERS

Abstract

In doping experiments on the cofacially arrayed phthalocyanine polymer [Si(Pc)O]n using high potential quinone, halogen, or nitrosyl electron acceptors, the achievable degree of partial oxidation, the inhomogeneity of the doping process, and the conductivity mechanism remain remarkably constant. Using wet spinning techniques, it has proven possible to prepare electrically conductive fibers of [Si(Pc)O]n alone or blended with the high performance aramid polymer Kevlar