Research Report and Overview on Conductive Plastics Market, 2015-2025 Research Report and Overview on Conductive Plastic | Page 3

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Conductive plastics are polymers which conduct electricity. They possess metallic
conductivity or behave like semiconductors. Conductive plastics are a new variant of
plastics with tremendous ongoing research to develop them further. It is estimated that,
conductive plastics would find numerous applications across various industries. Many
automobile manufacturers and aerospace engineers are studying conductive plastics in
order to make them suitable for industrial applications. Conductive plastics are produced
by incorporating carbon fibers, carbon nano - tubes or stainless steel fibers into plastic
formulation. These dispersed fibers or nano tubes bring about the electrical conductivity
effect in plastics.

The conductive polymers have the usual benefits of polymers such as moldability, ease of
processing, light weight, corrosion resistance and design flexibility and in addition to
these properties, they make the end product electrically conductive. These plastics find
application in electronics, heavy engineering, automobiles and healthcare industry
among others. The growing electronics and medical devices industry are the primary
drivers of conductive plastics. Conductive plastics are a class of structural materials. They
are called so because they are capable of performing several functions owing to their
structure. The growing trend of owning small, light weight and smart gadgets is expected
to fuel the growth of the conductive plastics market. Using conductive plastics, light
weight gadgets can be manufactured, because, separate components to induce electrical
conductivity would not be required if conductive plastics are used. However, conductive
plastics possess poorer mechanical properties compared to traditional plastics. There is a
lot of ongoing research in this field, in order to make them suited for precision