IP Library Granted Patent US 10,096,395
Granted Patent B2
US 10,096,395 · App. 14/397,957 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Conductor, conductive composition and laminate

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Patent No.
US 10,096,395
App. No.
14/397,957
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a conductor having a substrate and a conductive coating film laminated on the substrate, wherein, the surface resistance value of the conductive coating film is 5×10 10 Ω/□ or less, the Ra 1 of the conductive coating film is 0.7 nm or less, the Ra 2 value of the conductive coating film scanning probe microscopies 0.35 nm or less, and the conductive coating film is formed with a conductive composition containing a conductive polymer (A). In addition, the present invention relates to a conductive composition which contains a conductive polymer (A) and a surfactant (B), wherein the surfactant (B) contains a specific water-soluble polymer (C), and the content of a compound (D1) with an octanol-water partition coefficient (Log Pow) of 4 or more in the conductive composition is 0.001 mass % or less, relative to the total mass of the conductive composition.

Claims (16)

1. A conductor, comprising:

a substrate; and

a conductive coating film laminated on the substrate,

wherein the conductive coating film has a surface resistance value of 5×10 10 Ω/□ or less,

the conductive coating film has a surface roughness (Ra 1 ) measured by a stylus profiler of 0.7 nm or less, and

a surface roughness (Ra 2 ) measured by a scanning probe microscope of 0.35 nm or less, and

the conductive coating film is formed by a process comprising drying a conductive composition comprising a conductive polymer (A) and a surfactant (B), wherein the surfactant (B) comprises a water-soluble polymer (C) having a nitrogen-comprising functional group and a terminal hydrophobic group and having a molecular weight ranging from 500 to 1500, and the surfactant (B) comprises a compound (D1) with an octanol-water partition coefficient (Log Pow) of 4 or more such that an amount of the compound (D1) in the conductive composition is 0.001 mass % or less, relative to the total mass of the conductive composition.

2. The conductor according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive polymer (A) has an acidic group.

3. The conductor according to claim 2 , wherein the acidic group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group and a carboxyl group.

4. The conductor according to claim 2 , wherein the acidic group is a sulfonic acid group.

5. The conductor according to claim 2 , wherein the acidic group is a carboxyl group.

6. The conductor according to claim 2 , wherein the acidic group is a sulfonic acid group and a carboxyl group.

7. The conductor according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive polymer (A) has a monomer unit represented by formula (1)

wherein R 1 to R 4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, a straight-chain or branched-chain alkoxyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an acidic group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group or a halogen atom, and

at least one of R 1 to R 4 represents an acidic group or salt thereof.

8. The conductor according to claim 7 , wherein the acidic group is a sulfonic acid group or a carboxyl group.

Assignments (2)
CORPORATE NAME CHANGE Recorded Jun 19, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042886/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2014
From: FUKUDA, HIROYA; NUMATA, OSAMU; IKEDA, HIRONOBU; NAGASAKA, TOSHIO; SAIKI, SHINJI; IRIYAMA, HIROAKI; UZAWA, MASASHI; KANEKO, ASAKO
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034071/0431 →