Polymers used in electronics and electrical engineering are essential for the development of high-tech products, including applications in space, aviation, health, automotive, communication, energy harvesting, energy storage, light-emitting and sensing, flexible electronics, robotic systems, analytical sensors, consumer products, and many others.
Conductivity is the first feature that comes to mind with these polymers, but they are currently much more complex, having shape-memory, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, many other properties. Some polymers used in electronics are modifications of commodity or engineering polymers, using many specially developed additives. Typical features of mainstream polymers, such as mechanical performance, optical behavior, environmental stability, are required by polymers used in electronics, but frequently they must be enhanced to perform in these demanding applications. In many applications, properties of typical polymers (usually included in popular handbooks) are not sufficient, creating the need to develop special grades or simply use completely new chemistry for their synthesis. Similarly, the typical set of properties included in the description of the mainstream polymer are not sufficient for polymer selection for these applications as they require different data.
The data included in the Handbook of Polymers for Electronics come from open literature (published articles, conference papers, and books), literature available from manufacturers of various grades of polymers, plastics, and finished products, and patent literature. The above sources were searched, including the most recent literature. This underscores one of the primary goals of this undertaking, which is to provide readers with the most up-to-date information, which will be frequently updated in the future.
The contents, scope, treatment of the data (comparison of data from different sources and their qualification), and novelty of the data qualifies the book to be found on the desk of anyone working with polymeric materials used for modern application.
George Wypych has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His professional expertise includes both university teaching (full professor) and research and development. He has published 18 books, 47 scientific papers, and he has obtained 16 patents. He specializes in polymer additives, polymer processing and formulation, material durability and the development of sealants and coatings.