Sections on material design, methods of manufacture and successful use of plastics containing conductive fillers, intrinsically conductive polymers and polymers utilizing new blending technology are included and these technologies are compared to other methods such as metal plating.
Chapters cover the effect of processing parameters and formulation on material performance.
Applications investigated include flow cells, transducers, electrostatic painting compounds, conductive films, waveguides, capacitors, conductive foams, resists, thermoformed containers, trays, disk drives, actuators, microelectronic encapsulation and liquid crystal displays. Polymers doped with conductive sites, ion implantation, protection of metals against corrosion, and conductive textiles are additional subjects covered.