Organic metals: poly-(p-phenylene sulphide) hexafluoroarsenate

Abstract

Electrically conducting p-type films, wires, and powders (ca. 1 Ω^–1 cm^–1) have been prepared by the AsF₅ oxidation of poly-p-phenylene sulphide, the first melt- and solution-processible polymeric precursor to a conducting polymer.