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A
list of materials manufacturers and possible suppliers with
addresses, emails and links are given below:
Poly(ethylene-dioxythiophene)
or PEDT is available
from H.C. Starck
in different formulations: in addition to the monomer and oxidant
for those who want to make their polymer, H.C. Starck sells water-based
dispersions that contain PEDT doped with polystyrene sulfonate
(PEDT/PSS) in different grades. For additional information and
sampling, contact H.C. Starck at www.baytron.com, or contact directly Dr. Ron Lubianez, Tel/Fax: (617) 630-4893/559-3906,
ron.lubianez@hcstarck.com
In addition to the use of PEDT/PSS on photographic
films, Agfa has developed ORGACON
EL, a PEDT foil for use as an electrode in electroluminescent
lamps (ACPLED), as an alternative to ITO foils.
This material is commercially available from Agfa. More information
can be found on www.Agfa.com
(industrial imaging, specialty foils and components icon) or by
email to Dr. Frank Louwet at frank.louwet.fl@belgium.agfa.com
Conductive Polymers-based
textiles and fibers developed
by Milliken ResearchCorporation
are manufactured at Eeonyx with marketing being done in a joint
effort with Marktek Inc. The contact person at Marktek is Dr.
Art Henn, 37 Shady Valley Dr., Ste. B, Chesterfield, MO 63017,
Tel/Fax: 314-878-9190/878-9558, arhenn@marktek-inc.com
and the contact information for Eeonyx is given below.
Polyaniline- and polypyrrole-coated
carbon powders as well as highly
soluble emeraldine base (EB)
are available from Eeonyx
Corp., www.eeonyx.com,750 Belmont Way,
Pinole, CA 94564, Attn: Dr. Jamshid Avloni, Tel/Fax: 510-741-3632/741-3657,
javloni@eeonyx.com .Compounds based
on these powders can also be available from the RTP
Company, www.rtpcompany.com, 580 E. Front
Street, Winona, MN 55987, Attn: Dr. Sam Dahman, Tel/Fax: 507-454-6900/454-2041,
rtp@rtpcompany.com
Polyaniline powders and
aqueous and non-aqueous dispersions
as well as solid dispersions are available from Ormecon
Chemie, Ferdinand-Harten
Str. 7, D-22949 Ammersbek, Germany, Attn: Dr. Bernhard Wessling,
Tel/Fax: (49)4060410618/4060410652, wessling@zipperling.do.uunet.de
Polyaniline
is also available from Panipol
Ltd., P.O.Box
163, 06101 Porvoo, Finland, www.panipol.com,
Attn: Ms. Kirsti Ruutu/Mr. Juha Repo, Tel/Fax: (358)195244795/195244796.
Polypyrrole-coated
fibers for antistatic applications are available from Sterling Fibers Inc., 5005 Sterling Way, Pace, FL 32571, Attn: Dr. Ed Streetman,
Tel/Fax: 850-994-2515/994-2579, estreetman@sterlingfibers.com
Poly(phenylene vinylene)
and polyarylene polymers including polyspirobifluorene polymers
for light emission applications and polyaniline polymers for electronic applications including planarisation and
hole transport materials for OLEDs/ PLEDs are available from Covion in
Frankfurt, Germany. Covion is a wholly owned business of
the global speciality chemical company, Avecia and has clients
which include Philips and DuPont (Uniax). For more information,
contact Kevin McAloon at mcaloon@covion.com
Polypyrrole-coated materials
such as polycarbonate, polyamid, polypropylene, etc. are
available under the trade name "ST-Poly" as ESD
materials from Central Corporation in Japan.
Details can be found on their web site www.central-corp.com or contact John Hart at (Tel/Fax: 81-55-220-3472/81-55-254-1700).
Several conducting polymers,
as well as monomers and dopants are available through Sigma-Aldrich,
www.sigma-aldrich.com/photoluminescent_polymers,
Contact: Dr. Sean Dingman, Tel: 414-438-3827, matsci@sial.com
Polypyrrole, polyaniline
and poly(3-hexylthiophene) coated chips for
chemoresistive sensor applications. Used in gas/vapor sensitive
electronic noses, chemical and biosensors. These devices comprise
a sub-micron layer of inherently conductive polymer deposited
on a microlithographically fabricated interdigitated microsensor
electrode array. Blank
chips also available. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Scientific Director. ABTECH Scientific,
Inc. (abtech@abtechsci.com;
http://www.abtechsci.com)
In addition to materials suppliers,
there are several technologies that have been developed, with capacitors (Kemet
Electronics) and display-related
devices being
the most advanced ones. An emerging lighting technology is being
marketed by Crosslink Polymer Research. Contact: Pat Kinlen, Director
R&D, 1-636-492-0302, PKinlen@crosslinkusa.com, www.crosslinkusa.com
In addition, a variety of microelectrodes and supplies used
in conjunction with conductive polymers are avaialble from Abtech
Scientific, Inc., 800
East Leigh Street, Ste. 13, Richmond, VA 23219, Tel: (804) 783-7829,
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