Consumer Electronics

 
 
 

From material stiffness in notebook covers to aesthetics in today’s most popular 5G handheld electronic devices and upscale wearable technology

We empower partners all over the globe by chemically engineering the lightweight strength, feel, beauty and critical design flexibility they need to drive consumer preferences in the highly competitive marketplace for handheld devices and wearable devices marketplace. What’s your next challenge? Let’s solve it together.

 
 
 

Solutions as plentiful as the consumer devices they serve

Consumer handheld and wearable devices are everywhere. And for every laptop, tablet, smartphone or video game, there’s a vast spectrum of DuPont material-grade innovations that help make these devices lighter to carry, nicer to touch, harder to break and more fashionable and stylish. And that’s not all. We’re also responding to partner needs for increased material flow and design freedom, greater flame resistance, friendly environmental protection and enhanced processing efficiency. What’s your next project?

 
 
 
 
 
 

Applications

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Smartphones

Specialty materials that enable cutting-edge design and high-performance components, from structural frames, antenna splits and connectors to adapters and cables

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Laptops

Soft-touch, structural materials enabling lighter, thinner, sustainable designs for covers, connectors, cables, adapters, bezels, and speaker parts

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Wearables

Material technology enabling durable, comfortable, high-performance solutions, including housings, rotating mechanism components, and watch bands

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AR/VR Devices

A range of high-stiffness, high-impact, elastomeric materials for lighter, thinner, reliable frames, housings, soft-touch parts and components

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Wearable Electronics

DuPont stretchable electronic inks provide an elegant, manufacturing-ready alternative to previous methods of embedding electronics in clothing. 

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Electronic Materials For Sensors

DuPont develops innovative sensor materials for customers around the globe, suitable for a range of applications and temperatures, including high and low temperature automotive applications, biomedical sensors, touch sensors, and more.

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Membrane Touch Switch Materials

Self-contained screen printed keyboards inside a membrane touch switch is constructed of several extremely thin layers of innovative materials from DuPont.

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Defogger and Defroster Systems

DuPont offers a wide range of silver-based thick film pastes for use in all types of defogger and defroster systems.

Consumer electronics

Material advancements for tomorrow's devices

To drive industry trends, you need cutting-edge chemistry. See how our material science enables thinner, lighter, tougher laptops and smartphones.

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Case studies & related content

 

Through partner collaborations, we convert electronic material science into practical, real-life consumer electronic devices that are lighter, easy to hold, more stylish and environmentally friendly.