A Plastic That Conducts Electricity?

Plastics usually stop electricity in its tracks, but scientists have figured out a way to keep the electrons flowing. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Insulation.html https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/illpres http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1977/c3/c39770000578#!divAbstract https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-042910-010012/unrestricted/Multilayer_Polymer_Inkjet_Printer.pdf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379677906000919 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/press.html https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/advanced-chemistryprize2000.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/popular.html http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1996/20110414.short http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v3/n3/full/nmat1079.html http://www.aimcal.org/uploads/4/6/6/9/46695933/lubianez.pdf http://solutions.3m.com.my/wps/portal/3M/en_MY/Fluoropolymers/Dyneon/Dyneon-Custom-Compounds/Custom-Thermoplastic-Compounds/Conductive-Polymers/ https://www.heraeus.com/en/group/products_and_solutions_group/conductive_polymers/applications/antistatic_coatings/antistatic_coatings.aspx www.infinitypv.com http://advancedcoatings.nagasechemtex.co.jp/en/about/ http://www.agfa.com/sp/global/en/internet/main/solutions/orgacon_electronic_materials/index.jsp https://www.minicircuits.com/app/AN40-005.pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=CWIKx1clchAC&pg=PT36&lpg=31 ---------- Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_100308-N-4997L-001_Electrician%27s_Mate_2nd_Class_Corey_Hartley_checks_voltage_with_a_multi-meter_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN_72).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rubber_with_sodium_silicate_beads_6_alu_backside.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trans-Polyacetylene.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Failed_transistor.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darlington_transistor_MJ1000.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inkjet_printer_with_covers_removed.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Windows.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rucksack_Schweizer_Armee_1960er_a.jpg