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A review of conducting polymers in electrical contact applications

A review of conducting polymers in electrical contact applications
A review of conducting polymers in electrical contact applications
A review of recent developments in fretting studies in electrical contacts is presented, focusing on developments in conducting polymer surfaces. Fretting is known to be a major cause of contact deterioration and failure; commonly exhibited as the contact resistance increases from a few milliohms, in the case of a new metallic contacts, to in excess of several ohms for exposed contacts. Two technologies are discussed; firstly extrinsically conducting polymer (ECP), where highly conductive interconnects are formed using metallized particles embedded within a high temperature polymer compound, and secondly; intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are discussed. These latter surfaces are new developments which are beginning to show potential for the application discussed. This paper presents the work on the ICPs using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT /PSS) and its blends from secondary doping of dimethylformamide (DMF)PEDOT/PSS. Two different processing techniques namely dropcoating and spin coating have been employed to develop test samples and their functionality were assessed by two independent studies of temperature and fretting motion. The review leads to a number of recommendations for further studies into the application of conducting polymers for contacts with micro-movement.
conducting polymers, fretting, connectors
McBride, J.W.
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Lam, Liza
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McBride, J.W.
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Lam, Liza
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McBride, J.W. and Lam, Liza (2007) A review of conducting polymers in electrical contact applications. International Conference of Polymeric Materials in Power Engineering (ICPMPE), Bangalore, India. 04 - 06 Oct 2007. 9 pp .

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A review of recent developments in fretting studies in electrical contacts is presented, focusing on developments in conducting polymer surfaces. Fretting is known to be a major cause of contact deterioration and failure; commonly exhibited as the contact resistance increases from a few milliohms, in the case of a new metallic contacts, to in excess of several ohms for exposed contacts. Two technologies are discussed; firstly extrinsically conducting polymer (ECP), where highly conductive interconnects are formed using metallized particles embedded within a high temperature polymer compound, and secondly; intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are discussed. These latter surfaces are new developments which are beginning to show potential for the application discussed. This paper presents the work on the ICPs using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT /PSS) and its blends from secondary doping of dimethylformamide (DMF)PEDOT/PSS. Two different processing techniques namely dropcoating and spin coating have been employed to develop test samples and their functionality were assessed by two independent studies of temperature and fretting motion. The review leads to a number of recommendations for further studies into the application of conducting polymers for contacts with micro-movement.

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Published date: 6 October 2007
Additional Information: ICPMPE-07 I-3
Venue - Dates: International Conference of Polymeric Materials in Power Engineering (ICPMPE), Bangalore, India, 2007-10-04 - 2007-10-06
Keywords: conducting polymers, fretting, connectors

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Local EPrints ID: 48769
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48769
PURE UUID: 10926ea3-7d23-4898-a902-0533019ddcd9
ORCID for J.W. McBride: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-0326

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Date deposited: 15 Oct 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:37

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Author: J.W. McBride ORCID iD
Author: Liza Lam

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