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In the last three decades, conjugated polymers have evolved from being an
academic curiosity to an important commercial material. Organic
electronics commonly refers to the optoelectronic devices based on small
organic molecules or conjugated polymers. It is leading to a new
revolution of so called "pervasive electronics" wherein electronic devices
will become more personal and become an integral part of our life. This
will be possible because of the ease with which the properties of organic
semiconductors can be fine-tuned along with the low cost of production and
fabrication. Though small molecules have played an important role in
organic optoelectronic devices, conjugated polymers still remain more
attractive due to their ability to form thin-films that are thermally,
chemically and environmentally stable. However, large-scale syntheses with
controlled molecular properties still remains a major challenge in this
area. Continuous flow synthesis provides a potential alternative to batch
synthesis because of its inherent advantages such as very efficient heat
exchange, high batch to batch reproducibility, fast mixing, high
throughput, safety, and the ability to do multistep telescoping synthesis.
In this presentation, I will discuss some of our recent developments in
the area of development of explosive sensors as well as in the development
of Continuous Flow processes for synthesis of conjugated polymers and
monomers with precise control critical design parameters.
About Prof. Anil Kumar:
Prof. Anil Kumar is currently associated with Center for excellence in
Nanoelectronics, National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education
and National Center for Excellence in Technologies for Internal Security.
Prof. Kumar has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed
international journals along with twenty four patents. He has authored
three book chapters and many papers in conference proceedings. He is the
recipient of CRSI Bronze Medal 2016, Scopus Young Scientist Award 2007 in
Chemistry, AICTE Career Award for Young Teacher 2005 and Boyscast
Fellowship 2003. He has developed an outreach program based on "Science &
Magic" to promote teaching and practice of science among students of
different level and has conducted around 100 such workshops in various
academic institutes around the country in last three years.
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