Organic Electronics Materials: New Revenues and New Challenges

Something similar can be expected from organic electronics. For example, by 2015 the market for substrates for organic electronics will have reached $6.9 billion, which is a big enough market to attract the interest of any ambitious plastics or paper maker. (Plastics and paper, because by then, almost 80 percent of sales will be for flexible substrates.) But by then also, to win business, substrate makers will have to meet the special needs of the organic electronics industry, which means substrates that have specially prepared for organic electronics using novel forms of barrier coatings and special attention given to reducing surface roughness.