| CPC C08K 5/378 (2013.01) [B32B 5/22 (2013.01); B32B 25/04 (2013.01); C08G 83/001 (2013.01); C08K 3/28 (2013.01); C09D 5/24 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/24 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0207 (2013.01); B32B 2307/202 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. An electrically conductive material, comprising:
a substrate; and
a plurality of thiolated ligands coordinated with a plurality of metal ions applied to the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of metal ions is coordinated with at least one of the plurality of ligands to form a conductive fiber network, and wherein each of the plurality of thiolated ligands comprise a thiolated molecule having the structure selected from the group consisting of
![]() where R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, NO2, R′, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NC, SO3R′, SO3H, OR′, OH, SR′, SH, PO3R′, PO3H, CF3, CH3, CO2H, NR′2, NHR′, and NH2; and R′ is selected from the group consisting of NO2, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NC, SO3H, OH, SH, PO3H, CF3, CH3, CO2H, NH2, a substituted alkyl, and a substituted aryl,
wherein the substrate comprises a layer of an elastomer and the conductive fiber network is applied to a surface of the elastomer.
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