NARAYANA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Seminar on POLYTRONICS
By
V.Umesh Chandra
B.Tech Final Year , Dept. of
ECE
CONTENTS

 Introduction…
 What is polytronics…..
 Need of polytronics…
 What is a polymer…..
 History of polytronics….
 How does a polymer conducts ….
 Applications….
 Example…
 Advantages….
 Conclusion….
 References…….
 INTRODUCTION

 With the invention of transistors in early half of the nineteenth century,

the field of electronics undergone innumerable changes and showed
tremendous impact on the life of the common man. Be it education,
entertainment or healthcare, there is possibly no field where electronics
has not made an impact.
 The entire concept of electronics is based on study of materials called
semi-conductors.
 Silicon is one such material which is widely used in manufacture of
electronic circuits.
 However the use of silicon has various disadvantages that led
researchers and scientists all over the world to look for other
alternatives.
 For long, it was believed plastics were materials with poor
conductivity.
 Researchers have proved that when plastics are combined with other
substances in proper chemical compositions they can behave as good
conductors of electricity.
 WHAT IS POLYTRONICS ?

Polymer electronics
Influence of plastic in electronics

 plastics or ‘conjugated polymers’ are exclusively used in the

manufacture of electronic products.

 Emerging technology…focuses on 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.
 Why How
NEED OF POLYTRONICS…
When

The widespread use of silicon in electronic goods has large number of

disadvantages some are,
 Production of silicon embedded circuits involves a huge investment.
 These circuits also consume more power.
 Moreover since silicon chips are not flexible, the products, which..use,
are not easily portable.
.
we can overcome these limitations by using polytronics

 Polytronic devices are 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.
 WHAT IS A POLYMER

 (poly- ’many’) + (mer- ’parts’)

 Large molecule/macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits.

 Because of its broad range of properties both synthetic & natural

polymers play an essential and ubiquitous role in everyday life.

 These are formed because of presence double and triple bonds between
monomer to form a rigid structure and unique chemical & physical
characteristics.

 Organic polymers contains chains of carbon atoms combined with

hydrogen atoms.

 It is a conjugated chain comprises of alternating single and double

bonds between the carbon atoms.
 HISTORY

 Hermann staudinger in the year 1920, was first to propose the concept,
the sense we use today
 It led to the Nobel prize in 1953 for his work which is at the base of all
science of macromolecules.
 HOW DOES A POLYMER CONDUCT
…Working

 By simply obeying ohm’s law.

 Ohm’s law define conductivity in polymers & ceramics as Free flow of ions/e-s.
APPLICATIONS
 EXAMPLE-OFET
 The basis of logic circuit is a transistor,
which is the element that controls
electrical currents by turning on & off.
 The huge cost of silicon microchip is
due to the large complex process
involved.
 Photolithographic techniques are used
to pattern the silicon wafers with
microcircuit, which is grown in the
powerful vacuum, while the wafers
are baked at temperature of several
centigrades. The INKJET PRINTING
TECHNOLOGY provides continuous
production line of plastic circuits on
plastic substrates and cut them into
individual units. The substrates are
made of acetate material that is as
transparent as vugraph sheets.
 Plastic Battery
 Batteries are indispensable source of power in our day-to-day life.
 However wide spread use and ineffective ways in which they are disposed has led
to serious environmental problems.
 To tackle this problem researchers have developed all plastic batteries in which
both electrodes and electrolyte are made of polymers
 The positive and negative electrodes are made of thin foil like plastic sheets and
electrolyte is a polymer gel film placed between the electrodes holding the battery
together.
 These batteries are lightweight and can be moulded into any size and shape for
the use in satellites and military equipments.
 Scientists are planning practical applications of plastic batteries linking them with
solar cell charging system to power space satellites when they are in orbit
 Tests at Hopkins lab have yielded positive results
 Polymers batteries are recharged and reused any number of times without loss
of power
 These does not contain hazardous chemicals typically found in Nickle cadmium
cells
ADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION

 Any waste that has a circuit board or CRT is called an E-waste.

Environmentalists and officials say the waste contains more
than 1000 different toxic substances harmful to human beings
and the environment polytronics is the sollution to overcome
the problem

 In short it is field that offers tremendous opportunities for young and

budding engineers, field that is going to revolutionize the way in which
we live.

 I would again like to emphasize the fact that Polytronics is the next
BIG THING.
 REFERENCES…….

http://www.nptel.ac.in/courses/112108150/pdf/We
b_Pages/WEBP_M14.pdf

http://www.theage.com/au-technology

www.plastics.org

http://www.AmericanPlasticsCouncil.org

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.js
p?punumber=10642