Technical seminar on

polytronics
GUIDED BY: PRESENTED BY:
Dr. D.R.V.A. Sharath Kumar Ph.D. M. Pranusha
Head of the ECE dept. (15U11A0434)
CONTENTS

 Introduction
 What is polytronics
 Need of polytronics
 What is a polymer
 How does a polymer conducts
 Applications
 Advantages
INTRODUCTION
 The entire concept of electronics is based study of materials called
semi-conductors.
 Silicon is one such material widely used manufacture of
electronic circuits.
 For long, it was believed plastics were materials with poor
conductivity.
 Researchers proved that when plastics are combined with other
substances in proper chemical compositions they can behave as
conductors of electricity.
WHAT IS POLYTRONICS ?

 Emerging technology focuses development of electronic devices

incorporating electrically conductive and semi conductive organic
materials,especially organic polymers.
 Offers the prospect advanced electronics platform using new
materials, processes &electronic devices.
 All new field in which plastics or ‘conjugated polymers’ are
exclusively used in the manufacture of electronic products.
NEED OF POLYTRONICS

The wide spread use of silicon electronic good large

number of disadvantages some are
 Production of silicon embedded involves a huge
investment.
 These circuits also consumes more power
 Moreover since silicon chips are not flexible, the
products, which use, are not easily portable
POLYMER
 Large molecule /macro molecule, composed many repeated
subunits.
 Because broad range of properties both synthetic and natural
polymers play and essential and ubiquitious role everyday life
 Organic polymer chains of carbon atoms combined with
hydroged atoms.
APPLICATIONS

CELL OFET
PHONES

APPLICATIONS

PLASTIC
OLEDS
BATTERIES
ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
ADVANTAGES

 Freedom in design
 Cost-effective assembly with reel-to-reel processing
 Environment-friendly
 Printing instead of lithography
LIMITATIONS
 Polytronic device manufactured at a fraction of the cost involved
in making conventional chips
 Also polytronics seems to be the best answer to the growing
menace of electronic wastes.
THANK YOU