Introduction of Biopolymer Composites: What to do in Electronics?

Abstract

Environment friendly, biodegradable and nontoxic materials especially from renewable resources are attaining great levels of attention nowadays. Biopolymers contribute a very significant division of materials through which numerous commercial products possessing the aforementioned characteristics can be made. Electronics requires lightweight and low cost components with superior properties like charge-discharge capability, dielectric properties, microwave absorption properties, actuation, transparency, etc. One of the major challenges existing in the field of electronics is the safe disposal of e-waste. The role of eco-friendly and biodegradable biopolymers and their composites in electronics is the subject of this chapter. Various biopolymers and their composites, capable of different applications in the electronics industry, are introduced here.