from hydrogen and halogen in still another subset of embodiments r 5 is hydrogen species of phenyl amine compounds include aniline phenylenediamine o m and p fluoro phenylenediamine e g 4 fluoro 1 2 phenylenediamine toluidine o m and p anisidine o m and p diaminoanisole and diaminobenzonitrile aniline phenylenediamine o m and p and fluoro phenylenediamine e g 4 fluoro 1 2 phenylenediamine are preferred and aniline is particularly preferred for many applications the subject invention comprises blend of a sulfonated poly aryl ether and a phenyl amine compound the nature of the blend is not particularly limited in preferred embodiments the blend comprises a reaction product of a sulfonated poly aryl ether and a phenyl amine compound the term u201c reaction product u201d refers to a product resulting from a chemical reaction including the formation rearrangement or destruction of a chemical bond in a preferred embodiment the term u201c reaction product u201d refers to product resulting from a chemical bond or attractive association formed between two compounds by way of illustration an idealized association between bps 20 and m phenylene diamine is represented in formula xv the technique for forming a blend or reaction product is not particularly limited and may be preformed by blending the sulfonated poly aryl ether and phenyl amine compound together within a solvent such as n methylpyrrolidone nmp dimethylformamide dmf dimethylacetamide dmac dimethylsufoxide dioxane chloroform or tetrahydrofuran in some applications a non solvent may also be included examples of applicable non solvents include alcohols e g 2 methoxyethanol t amyl alcohol methanol 1 butanol ethanol water acetone methylethylketone butyl ether glycerol diethyleneglycol and surfactants such as tween.