Abstract:
A polymer waveguide for coupling with one or more light transmissible devices, a method of fabricating a polymer waveguide for coupling with one or more light transmissible devices, and a method of coupling a polymer waveguide with one or more light transmissible devices. The polymeric waveguide comprises a grating structure.
Abstract:
There is provided a conductive polymer composition comprising a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) analogue, being a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 may be a substituted, linear or branched C1 -C20 alkyl, substituted with at least one moiety selected from the group consisting of -OH, -COOH and -NH2; and R2 may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an unsubstituted, linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl and R1; and a dispersant such as polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), sodium tosylate, potassium tosylate and a combination thereof. A method for making said conductive polymer composition and a substrate coated with said conductive polymer composition is also provided.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides for (i) a water-dispersible and electrically conductive copolymer formed by polymerizing at least one optionally substituted azulene and at least one optionally substituted 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, wherein each of the at least one optionally substituted azulene and the at least one optionally substituted 3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene is in a monomeric form, oligomeric form, or polymeric form, and (ii) a polymeric composite comprising such a copolymer, and a dispersant comprising polystyrene sulfonate, wherein the polystyrene sulfonate forms an ionic interaction with the at least one optionally substituted azulene of the copolymer. The present disclosure also provides for a method of synthesizing the polymeric composite.
Abstract:
Thermoelectric module (200, 300) comprising: a substrate (201); a first material (205) of a first doping type forming a first leg extending on a surface of the substrate (201), the first leg comprising a first end oriented towards a first region of the surface and a second,opposite end oriented towards a second region of the surface; and a second material (203) of a second doping type forming a second leg extending on the surface of the substrate (201), the second leg comprising a first end oriented towards the first region of the surface and a second, opposite end oriented towards the second region of the surface, such that the first and second legs are substantially parallel to each other,wherein the first end of the first leg is in electrical connection with the first end of the second leg, and wherein the first and second doping types have opposite polarity, such that when a heat flux (209) is applied between the first region and the second region of the surface, a potential difference arises between the second end of the first leg and the second end of the second leg, and wherein the substrate (201), the first material (205),and the second material (203) are substantially transparent to visible light.
Abstract:
A conducting polymer composition, and a method for its preparation, comprising PEDOT:PSS and an acyclic, disubstituted sulfone is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the acyclic, disubstituted sulfone has a Formula (I). In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a substrate coated with the conducting polymer composition and a process to make said conducting polymer composition, comprising: (i) oxidizing an acyclic, disubstituted thioether to the acyclic, disubstituted sulfone, and (ii) mixing the acyclic, distributed sulfone with the PETDOT:PSS.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a product and manufacturing method for an organic electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, an organic layer disposed between said first and second conductive layer and an amphiphilic layer disposed between said organic layer and the second conductive layer.