Title :
Plastic electronics and optoelectronics
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
Semiconducting (conjugated) polymers are of considerable importance as the active materials in electronic and optical devices, including polymer-based light emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, photovoltaic cells, sensors, field effect transistors and lasers. Because these semiconducting (and metallic) polymers can be processed from solution, the field of "plastic electronics" is moving toward device fabrication by printing technology. The author summarizes progress in device performance and progress toward large scale printing of such devices
Keywords :
conducting polymers; optoelectronic devices; organic semiconductors; plastics; printing; conjugated polymers; large scale printing; optoelectronic devices; plastic electronics; semiconducting polymers; Light emitting diodes; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Organic light emitting diodes; Photodetectors; Plastics; Printing; Semiconductivity; Semiconductor materials;
Conference_Titel :
Device Research Conference Digest, 2005. DRC '05. 63rd
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9040-7
DOI :
10.1109/DRC.2005.1553030