The Sotzing Research Group has a long history of working directly with Industry to carry out cutting edge research on conductive polymers. We pride ourselves on innovative research which allows for composition of matter patents.
The Sotzing Research Group has held and currently hold contracts with:
- ACS-PRF
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
- ITP Gmbh
- Kraft Foods
- MC10
- NIH
- NSF
- Philip Morris USA
- Samsung
- Sekisui Chemical
- Teleflex Medical
- Triton Systems
- US Army
- US Navy
- Victoria’s Secret
Recent Patents by Publication Date
2017 Formation of conjugated polymers for solid-state devices US 9680102 B2 [Link]
2017 Metal ester polymer compositions, methods of manufacture, and uses thereof US 9657145 B2 [Link]
2017 Electrically conductive synthetic fiber and fibrous substrate, method of making, and use thereof US9644313 [Link]
2016 Electrically conductive synthetic fiber and fibrous substrate, method of making, and use thereof US20150017421 [PDF]
2015 Electrically conductive synthetic fiber and fibrous substrate, method of makeing, and use therof [Link]
2014 Electrochromic copolymers from precursors, method of making, and use thereof [Link]
2014 High resolution patterning on conductive fabric by inkjet printing and its application for real wearable displays [Link]
2013 Electrochromic devices prepared from the in situ formation of conjugated polymers [Link]
2013 Formation of conjugated polymers for solid-state devices [Link]
2010 Electrochromic devices utilizing very low band gap conjugated polymers: preparation and use [Link]
2010 Polymers of thieno[3,4-b]furan, method of making, and use thereof [Link]
2008 Polymers comprising thieno [3,4-b]thiophene and methods of making and using the same [Link]
2006 Substituted thieno[3,4-B]thiophene polymers, method of making, and use thereof [Link]
2006 Repeating units of 5 thieno(3, 4-b)thiophene. Water-borne dispersions of such polymers and copolymers can be cast by conventional methods to provide uniform, thin films which possess utility in numerous [Link]