The present invention relates to an electrically conductive polymer, and
more particularly to an additive for enhancing electrical conductivity of
the polymer and electrically conductive polymer composition containing
the additive. The present invention provides a soluble self-orienting
material (SOM) and an electrically conductive polymer composition
containing the SOM. The SOM can be provided as a form of a monomer having
an aromatic ring with various polarity, flexible side chain and
hydrophilic dibasic acid, as a form of a complex consisting of the
monomers linked by a hydrogen bond or a metal coordinate bond or as a
form of a whole aromatic polymer having --NRCO--, --NROSO--(R: side chain
including --H, --CO.sub.2H, --(CH.sub.2)nSO.sub.3H,
--(CH.sub.2)nCO.sub.2H or -tert-butyloxycarbonyl) and --OCO--. And also,
the composition of the present invention have higher electrical
conductivity, in excess of 103 S/cm, than a conventional conductive
polymer, and also have improved processability.