ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS CONTAINING PENDANT PI-INTERACTING/BINDING SUBSTITUENTS, THEIR CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES TO FORM THE SAME

摘要

A composition of matter comprises a polymer with a fully conjugated backbone or a conjugated block with a plurality of binding groups connected to the backbone by a linking moiety. The binding groups permit a non-covalent binding to a graphitic surface such as a carbon nanotube. A composition of matter where an electroactive polymer with binding groups connected to a conjugated backbone through a linking moiety is bound to carbon nanotubes. Such compositions can be used for a variety of applications using electroactive materials.