Electrically conductive polymeric materials and related method of manufacture

A method for producing an electrically conductive polymeric material having microwave susceptive characteristics comprising the steps of:

• suspending a fibrous based material in an aqueous solution to form a slurry;
• wherein the concentration of said fibrous based material is in the range of 10 to 70 grams per liter;
• introducing a monomer precursor of a conductive polymer into said slurry;
• wherein said monomer precursor is selected from the group consisting of acetylene, aniline, pyrrole, paraphenylene, thiophene and derivatives thereof and has a concentration in the range of 2 to 16 grams per liter;
• adding a chemical oxidant to said slurry to induce polymerization of said monomer precursor into conductive polymers on said fibrous based material to form a slurry of polymer coated fibrous based material;
• wherein said chemical oxidant is ammonium persulfate or ferric chloride and has a concentration in the range of 10 to 50 grams per liter;
• and
• forming the electrically conductive polymeric material from said slurry of polymer coated fibrous based material.