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A Flexible Display that can be Cut to Shape with Scissors

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Masayoshi Higuchi of the Electronic Functional Macromolecules Group at the Research Center for Functional Materials within the National Institute for Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan) are developing a flexible …

Tags:Electrochromic Displays| Flexible Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Galaxy Note 7’s OLED Claims New “Best Ever” Mobile Display

by Steve Sechrist

In the Olympics of smartphone displays, the Samsung mobile Galaxy Note 7 with its flexible QHD OLED technology is well poised to claim the gold medal. Simply put, the latest display industry shoot-out from …

KAIST Sticks TFTs to Skin

by Tom Allen

In the past, flexible and transparent displays have posed several challenges, such as poor transparency and low electrical performance. These types of displays are now in demand for wearables, augmented reality and the IoT. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| TFT| Vol 23 - Issue 31

LG Display To Invest $1.8 Billion in Flexible OLEDs

by Tom Allen

LG Display is investing KRW1.99 trillion ($1.8 billion) in a new flexible OLED production line. The E6 line will be located in Paju, South Korea and will manufacture sixth-generation (1,500mm x 1,850mm) substrates. Han …

Why Displays Won’t be Really Flexible and Why it Doesn’t Matter

by Norbert Hildebrand

Flexible displays are one of the darlings when we think of future display technologies. Remember those high gloss images of devices with roll-up displays that will allows us to roll out a 12” screen …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Kolon Industries Develops Clear and Colorless Polyimide

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article in the Korea Herald, Kolon Indutries has succeeded in developing a clear and colorless polyimide calling it CPI™ (coloreless PI). Kolon Industries, the South Korean chemical company made news last …

Samsung Scraps Dual Display Hinge

by Tom Allen

The US PTO has published a Samsung patent application that describes a smartphone with dual displays – and no hinge. The intent of the patent, first seen by Patently Mobile, is to make the …

Flex Revenue Will Grow 300% to 2022

by Tom Allen

Demand for ‘innovative’ flexible displays will rise along with the popularity and penetration of wearable and mobile devices. IHS predicts that flexible display revenue will climb more than 300% between 2016 ($3.7 billion) and …

Nanofibre ‘Mat’ is 10 Times More Conductive

by Tom Allen

An ultrathin, transparent and conductive film has been produced using a ‘cheap and simple’ method, by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University. The film is formed of a ‘mat’ …

Researchers Print Paper Display

by Tom Allen

Researchers from Turkey’s Bilkent University have developed a prototype display, which is printed on normal paper. The display uses graphene ink and is, of course, flexible and foldable. Forming optoelectronic devices on paper is …

Bloomberg: Samsung’s Bendable Phones at MWC 2017

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg sources have revealed more details about the rumoured bendable smartphones (codenamed Project Valley), which are said to be under development by Samsung. There will be two units, expected to be unveiled in early …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Graphene Enables 40% EQE

by Tom Allen

Researchers at the KAIST research institute and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea have built a graphene electrode structure, which can be used for ‘highly efficient’ flexible OLED units. The graphene …