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Electronic Applications of Polyurethane and Its Composites

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Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Composites

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Abstract

One of the current and future challenges in electronics is to develop suitable multifunctional materials which can address simultaneously several parameters such as flexibility, lightweight, conductivity, environmental impact, and production cost. Polymer electronics forms a new and high-potential technological field, which may pave the way to many novel applications and products. This chapter focuses on the electronic applications of polyurethane (PU) and its composites filled with different conductive fillers including carbon black (CB), graphite, metal particles (MP), carbon nanotube (CNT), and graphene. This chapter also covers PU-conducting polymer blends for various electronic applications. PU composites and blends have wide applications in electronics and optoelectronics. The applications of these include sensors, actuators, EMI shielding, electrolytes for supercapacitors and batteries, electrostatic dissipation, and shape memory applications. The potential global market for printed electronics is huge. PU and its composites-based adhesives have found applications in flexible and printed electronics.

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Ansari, S., Muralidharan, M.N. (2016). Electronic Applications of Polyurethane and Its Composites. In: Ponnamma, D., Sadasivuni, K., Wan, C., Thomas, S., Al-Ali AlMa'adeed, M. (eds) Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Composites. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23663-6_4

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