Surface modified electrodes and devices using reduced organic materials

A method for fabricating an electrooptic device, said method comprising:

• disposing a layer of an electro-active material between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer to form the electrooptic device,
• wherein the electro-active material comprises a first organic electro-active material, the first organic electro-active material comprising a reduced organic material.

An electro-active organic material comprising a least one cationic species and a reduced organic material, said reduced organic material comprising at least one additional electron relative to a corresponding reducible neutral precursor.

A display device comprising a a plurality of electrooptic devices, at least one of said electrooptic devices comprising a first electro-active organic material, said first organic electro-active material comprising a reduced organic material.

A surface modified electrode comprising:

• at least one conductive layer;
• and
• at least one reduced polymeric material disposed upon a surface of said conductive layer, the reduced polymeric material comprising at least one additional electron relative to a corresponding neutral polymeric precursor and at least one cationic species.

A coating composition comprising:

• at least one reduced polymeric organic material, the reduced polymeric organic material comprising at least one additional electron relative to a corresponding neutral polymeric organic precursor, the reduced polymeric organic material comprising at least one cationic species;
• and
• at least one polar aprotic solvent.

The electrooptic device of claim 43, wherein at least one of the first or second electrode is transparent.

A surface modified electrode comprising:

• at least one conductive layer;
• and
• at least one reduced organic material disposed upon a surface of said conductive layer, the reduced organic material comprising at least one additional electron relative to a corresponding neutral precursor and at least one cationic species.