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Electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer/polyacetylene blends

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Three different types of thermoplastic elastomers, styrenebutadiene-styrene, styrene-isoprene-styrene, and styreneethylenebutylene-styrene triblock copolymers have been blended with polyacetylene utilizing various blending techniques. In one method, acetylene gas was polymerized with the Ziegler-Natta catalyst in the presence of either the thermoplastic elastomer film or a hydrocarbon solution of the thermoplastic elastomer. The resulting polyacetylene/thermoplastic elastomer blend has been characterized with infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Upon doping with either iodine or ferric chloride, the ultimate conductivities of the blends were found to be 60–100 Ω−1 cm−1.

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    Kang I. Lee & Harriet Jopson

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Lee, K.I., Jopson, H. Electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer/polyacetylene blends. Polymer Bulletin 10, 105–108 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263247

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