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Flex Lighting Claims Improved EPD Contrast

by Bob Raikes

Flex (Film Lighting Experts) is a US-based developer of films for lighting applications, including films to optimise the performance of films used with front-lit eReader displays.The company said that the company’s technology allows the …

Display Glass and Plastic Roundup

by Ken Werner

As soon as you walked into the exhibition area at Display Week 2018 you were confronted with an impressive flexible display substrate, the one used in LG Display‘s flexible 77 display (Fig. 1). In …

BC15 Solip Tech May Solve Problem of Protecting Flexible OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Prof. Byeong-Soo Bae is from Solip Tech which is a spin-out from Kaist in Korea and was set up to exploit and develop a patented epoxy siloxane flexible hard coating materials for flexible displays. …

Holst Centre Reveals Flexible Barrier for OLED

by Andrew Fenn

Researchers from Holst Centre claim to have solved a major challenge in creating large-area displays for portable devices, demonstrating a new protective barrier for organic electronics that is foldable and allows high-temperature processing of …

Tags:Barrier Layers (Films)| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Zeon Developing Film for OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Zeon of Japan is reported to be developing a planarisation film for helping with the sealing of flexible OLEDs and is designed to be used between barrier films. Volume production is forecast for the …

QD LCDs Will Dominate Flexible Barrier Market

by Tom Allen

IDTechEx has predicted that flexible barrier film market will be worth $850 million by 2026. Interest will mainly be driven by quantum dot (QD) LCD displays and flexible OLED displays, both of which require …

Tags:Barrier Layers (Films)| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 48

3M and Lotus Applied Technology Complete ALD Barrier Technology License Agreement

by Isaac Oburu

3M has entered into a licensing agreement with Lotus Applied Technology to access Lotus’s TransFlexALDTM spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and barrier materials patent portfolio. TransFlexALD technology enables high-speed, low-cost deposition of single layer …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Barrier Layers (Films)

Flexible Encapsulation Worth $184 Billion in Five Years

by Tom Allen

The market for flexible barrier manufacturing will be worth $184 million by 2020, says IDTechEx. Single-layer solutions, such as flexible glass and atomic layer deposition (ALD) will capture part of the market. Due to …

Roll-to-Roll Results are “Very Encouraging”

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is running a pilot of Beneq’s roll-to-toll atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. The system, which CPI acquired in 2014, is being used to prepare for producing ultra-barrier …

Tags:Barrier Layers (Films)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 23

IDTechEx Discusses Flexible Barrier Technology and Market for OLED

by Bob Raikes

IDTechEX recently discussed in a webinar the status of flexible barrier technology for OLED in display, lighting and photovoltaic applications. The company has also recently released a market report on the topic. The webinar …

Advances in Barrier Films and Encapsulation

by Raverstead

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference featured an entire session on the important topic of Barrier Films and Encapsulation. Effective barrier films and encapsulation are a long-standing challenge for the production of long-lived devices including …

Atomic Layer Deposition for Ultra-Barrier Films

by Raverstead

Lotus Applied Technology presented on its development of “High Speed Low Cost ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) Ultra-Barrier on Sheets and Rolls”. Eric Dickey of Lotus began his talk by providing a description of the …