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    BY – M.

    PRANAV
    21R21A04A0
    ECE-B
    WHAT IS PLASTIC ELECTRONICS?

    • Plastic electronics, Organic electronics, or polymer electronics, is a branch of


    electronics that deals with conductive polymers, plastics, or small molecules.
    • It is called 'organic' electronics because the polymers and small molecules are
    carbon-based, like the molecules of living.
    • This is opposed by traditional electronics (or metal electronics) which relies on
    inorganic conductors such as copper or silicon.
    INTRODUCTION

    • Plastic is considered as an insulator, a material that doesn't conduct electricity very well.

    • In fact prior to the 1970s, all synthetic polymers were considered as electrical
    insulators.

    • In 1978, a landmark paper described treating polyacetylene with halogens, and in


    doing so increased its electrical conductivity to almost the level of a poor metal

    • This opens the gateway of plastic electronics


    FEATURES OF PLASTIC ELECTRONICS

    • Plastic Electronics allows circuits to be produced at relatively low cost by printing


    electronic materials onto any surface, whether rigid or flexible.

    • It is very different from the assembly of conventional silicon-based electronics.

    • It will lead to the creation of a whole new range of products such as conformable and
    rollable electronic displays, ultra-efficient lighting and low-cost, long-life solar cells.

    • Its market value is forecast to rise from $2 billion today to $120 billion in 2020.
    COMPARISION WITH SILICON-BASED
    INDUSTRY

    • The silicon-based electronics world is, of course, a very well entrenched, multi-billion
    dollar industry that offers increasingly impressive levels of processing power.
    • But it also has the characteristics of very high capital needs (multi-billion dollars for
    silicon chip manufacture), potential over-specification for a number of applications,
    and design limitations in respect of flexible or conformable devices.
    • Another advantage is its processing at low temperatures.
    APPLICATIONS OF PLASTIC ELECTRONICS

    • PolyLED [Polymer light emitting diode]


    • Plastic transistors
    • Plastic Solar Cells
    • Plastic Lasers
    ADVANTAGES
     Organic electronics are lighter, more flexible, and less expensive than their inorganic
    counterparts.

     They are also biodegradable (being made from carbon).

     This opens the door to many exciting and advanced new applications that would be
    impossible using copper or silicon.

    • However, conductive polymers have high resistance and therefore are not good
    conductors of electricity
    CONCLUSION

    • In conclusion, while many obstacles still remain in the development of plastic


    electronic devices, the applications of these devices are not just science-fiction.

    • Within the next decade, we will see plastic electronic devices giving intelligence to
    objects around us and significantly changing our lifestyle, just like the invention of
    plastics did in the twentieth century

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