| Abstract: | A process for making a dielectric material where a precursor polymer
selected from poly(phenylene vinylene)polyacetylene, poly(p-phenylene),
poly(thienylene vinylene), poly(1,4-naphthylene vinylene), and
poly(p-pyridine vinylene) is energized said by exposure by radiation or
increase in temperature to a level sufficient to eliminate said leaving
groups contained within the precursor polymer, thereby transforming the
dielectric material into a conductive polymer. The leaving group in the
precursor polymer can be a chloride, a bromide, an iodide, a fluoride, an
ester, an xanthate, a nitrile, an amine, a nitro group, a carbonate, a
dithiocarbamate, a sulfonium group, an oxonium group, an iodonium group,
a pyridinium group, an ammonium group, a borate group, a borane group, a
sulphinyl group, or a sulfonyl group. |