Whether it is for memory or logic devices, information displays, light or power sources, detectors, electrical or optical interconnections, image patterning, or subsystem packaging, organic electronic materials processing and device technologies are key enablers for the function of current and future electronics products. Due to their often complex physical behaviors and the need to control their characteristics at micrometer and below dimensions over very large relative or absolute areas, some electronics exist as high-risk, limited-volume solutions that challenge today's electronics and photonics manufacturing technologies.

OEMs: Conducting/Semiconducting Polymers, Energy "Tolerant/Resistant" Polymers, Ferroelectric Polymers and Composites, Low K Dielectrics, Liquid Crystals, Non-linear Optical Organics/Polymers, Low Loss Glasses

Uses: Lasers & Light Emitters, Optical Fibers & Waveguides, Microlenses, Transistors, Photoconductors, Storage Media, Electrical/Optical Conductors, Optical Splitters/Modulators, Polyelectrolytes, Batteries, Resists, RCLs

Issues: Cost, Materials Synthesis & Processing, Lifetimes, Application Driven Requirements, Device Manufacturability