Generally speaking, polymers are insulators. However there is a special class of polymers – the intrinsically conductive polymers – that have conductivity levels between those of semiconductors and metals (up to 10² - 10³ S/cm) The combination of metallic and polymeric properties opens completely new opportunities in numerous applications, particularly in the electronics industry, which were previously not possible. The first generation of conductive polymers like polyacetylene or polypyrrole were not suitable for practical applications due to low long term stability of the conductivity and/or low processability.

H.C. Starck has developed the latest generation of conductive polymers which are characterized by outstanding properties:

High conductivity

High transparency

High stability

Easy processing