Soluble conducting polymers and their use in manufacturing electronic devices

An improved method for making electronic devices, said method comprising

• a. doping short alkoxy chain substituted polyanilines with large organic counterions wherein the substitution constituent on the polyaniline is selected from the group consisting of o-methoxy, o-ethoxy, and o-propoxy, and the dopant is selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acids, carboxylic acids, and sulfonic esters;
• b. dissolving the resultant polymer in organic solution;
• c. filtering the solution to less than 0.45 microns through a filter of nominal size to prevent a particle suspension;
• and
• d. spin-coating the solution onto microelectronic substrates while in conductive form at a solubility of at least 3%;
• whereby, improved film characteristics, and improved processing are achieved negating the need for electrochemical deposition and chemical polymerization directly onto the substrate, and negating the need for corrosive acid solvents.