The NRL Program on Electroactive Polymers.
Abstract
The general objective of this program is to develop new classes of polymeric materials that have unique and useful electrical properties suitable for application to Naval devices and systems. A subsidiary objective is to develop theory and guidelines relating electrical properties to the molecular nature and morphology of polymeric materials to permit the design of such materials with predictable properties for use in Naval applications. Specific material objectives are to synthesize, characterize, and evaluate for Naval applications: (a) polymers that have substantially inorganic main-chains that exhibit metallic or semiconductivity; (b) polyconjugated and organometallic polymers that exhibit metallic or semiconductivity; (c) organic polymers capable of forming inter- or intra-molecular charge-transfer complexes through electron donor and acceptor moities within or attached to the polymer chain; and (d) polymers that exhibit piezoelectric, pyroelectric, photovoltaic, or memory-switching properties. Specific items addressed in this first year's effort are the application of advanced analytical techniques to develop an understanding of the composition and structure of state-of-the-art polymeric conductors and superconductors, the development of computer models of electron mobility in polymeric structures which would provide guidance to the synthetic effort, and the synthesis of polyacetylenes, conjugated polyphthalocyanines and charge-transfer polymers for development of a better understanding of structure-property relationships in these sytems. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 30, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA067736
Entities
People
- Luther B. Lockhart Jr
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory