Conducting polymers are organic macromolecules that combine the processability of conventional plastics with electronic properties akin to metals or semiconductors. Through controlled oxidation or ...

With the discovery of electrically conductive organics in the 1930s and the continuous exploration of conductive macromolecules since the 1980s, the field of intrinsically conductive polymers has seen ...

Synthetic hydrogels show great promise in tissue repair, drug delivery, medical implants and many other applications. Hydrogels functionalized with electrically conductive components can be used in ...

An international research team has synthesized a multilayered two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal, achieving unique metallic out-of-plane charge transport and high conductivity. This study ...

(Nanowerk News) An international research team, including scientists from the TUD Dresden University of Technology, has developed a breakthrough two-dimensional conducting polymer - a special, ordered ...

Electronics makers continue to pack more power into ever-smaller form factors. And, increasingly, they are also adding artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to their products. This may offer ...

Sentherm’s thermally conductive polymer formulations achieve 1.5-5.0 W/m·K through-thickness conductivity range, with results up to 18.88 W/m·K in certain polymers, using hybrid conductive filler ...

A groundbreaking 1970s experiment by Alan MacDiarmid and his team revealed that plastic, long considered an insulator, could ...

Semiconducting polymer nanomaterials are advanced π-conjugated polymers with alternating double and single bonds, which allow for π-electron delocalization and intermolecular π−π interactions. Unlike ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have demonstrated a possible new avenue for developing flame-retardant and ...