UE Polymers for flexible electronics

This course will provide background on critical issues on the main pi-conjugated and conducting polymers used as the active materials for the electronics applications. The different methods of chemical, electrochemical synthesis and recent synthetic methodologies will be reviewed. We will discuss the underlying scientific principles that guide the study of structure-property relationships and the supramolecular effects on the modulation of electronic properties. Applications of these polymers in their undoped (organic light emitting diodes, organic solar cells, antistatic layers…) doped state (corrosion, actuators, electrochromic, sensors...) will be described.

Skills:

Basic knowledge on preparation and characterization of polymer materials for renewable energy sources. Correlations between the polymer structure - material properties and applications. Electrochemistry, Organic synthesis.

Prerequisites: Polymers 1 & 2 (M1 Master Program)