Organic Electronics (Advances in Polymer Science)

The strengths of semiconducting polymers are currently mainly unfolding incheap and easily assembled thin film transistors, light emitting diodes, and organicsolar cells. The use of so-called “plastic chips” ranges from lightweight, portabledevices over large-area applications to gadgets demanding a degree of mechanicalflexibility, which would overstress conventional devices based on inorganic, perfectcrystals. The field of organic electronics has evolved quite dynamically during thelast few years; thus consumer electronics based on molecular semiconductors hasgained sufficient market attractiveness to be launched by the major manufacturersin the recent past.