Printed Electronics
Organic Electronics
Organic electronics, or plastic electronics, is a branch of electronics that deals with conductive polymers, or plastics. It is called 'organic' electronics because the molecules in the polymer are carbon-based, like the molecules of living things. This is as opposed to traditional electronics which relies on inorganic conductors such as copper or silicon.
In addition to organic charge transfer complexes, technically, electrically conductive polymers are mainly derivatives of polyacetylene black (the "simplest melanin"). Examples include PA (more specifically iodine-doped trans-polyacetylene); polyaniline: PANI, when doped with a protonic acid; and poly(dioctyl-bithiophene): PDOT.
For a history of the field, see "An Overview of the First Half-Century of Molecular Electronics" by Noel S. Hush, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1006: 1–20 (2003).
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