Electrically Conductive Adhesives

With all the environmental concerns and constraints today and stricter future regulations, there is a patent need to replace materials noxious to the environment by environmentally-friendly alternatives.

Electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) are one such example.

ECAs offer an excellent alternative to lead-solder interconnects for microelectronic packaging applications.

ECAs are used in electronics for laptop computers, camcorders, watch electronics, hard-drive suspensions and a myriad of electronic equipments.

Environmentally-friendly ECAs offer many advantages vis-à-vis solder, such as simple and low-temperature processing conditions, better thermo mechanical performance and finer pitch.This book is based on the two Special Issues of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (JAST vol. 22, no. 8-9 and vol. 22, no. 14) dedicated to this topic.The book contains a total of 21 papers (reflecting overviews and original research) and is divided into three parts as follows: Part 1: Introduction and Recent Developments, Part 2: Mechanical, Durability and Reliability Aspects and Part 3: Characterization and Properties.