One of the main advantages of organic electronics is the possibility of manufacturing components and circuits over large areas, while silicon chips are restricted to the area of circular pads of limited sizes.
Most of these advantages, however, is certainly the fact that organic electronics can be fabricated on plastic substrates, thin and flexible.
Only the flash memory transistor, the silicon component found in the pen-drives in digital cameras and MP3 players, continued to resist the benefits of plastic.
Now, Physicists built the first organic transistor Flash memory plastic.
You can come across some really interesting applications of organic electronics from a quick search on google, two of these are organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic LED's. Here's a link to an example (which is somewhat dated now, but still interesting) http://pinktentacle.com/2007/05/flexible-full-color-organic-el-display/
ReplyDeleteit is amazing to know about organic electronics because " They will change the way we use electronics today through several advantages of organic electronic devices such as large area compatibility, reduced costs, easy manufacturability and environmental sustainability," said Blochwitz-Nimoth.
ReplyDeletethey can control the properties through changes to the molecular structure. they are also cheap.
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