The facility comprises of a 3800m ² clean room area, for backplane processing and test and assembly processes as well as a pilot production line for large area, smart,
flexible electronic applications on plastic substrates,» says the company's CEO Tim Burne.
That property could be crucial in expanding the range of
flexible electronic applications.
Not exact matches
Potential
applications for
flexible electronic technology include phones that have curved display surfaces or clothing with electronics printed on them to monitor the vital signs of athletes or members of the military.
«With carbon nanotubes, a path to
flexible, low - cost sensors: Potential
applications range from air - quality monitors to
electronic skin.»
New types of solar cells and
flexible transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature sensors that could be built into
electronic skin for robotic or bionic
applications.
«Graphene production is obviously central to our project,» said Prof. Kinaret at the launch, but key
applications to be looked at include fast
electronic and optical devices,
flexible electronics, functional lightweight components and advanced batteries.
Nanowires hold promise for use in a variety of
applications, including
flexible, stretchable and wearable
electronic devices.
Plastic Logic's glass - free,
flexible displays have been integrated in a wide range of
applications including smart cards, mobile devices (smartphones and eReaders), digital signage,
electronic badges and wearables (smart jewellery and sports accessories amongst others).
The potential
applications for
flexible plastic electronics are enormous — from
electronic books to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to electronics for cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptop...
And late last year, Apple filed a patent
application for «an
electronic device [that] may have a
flexible portion that allows [it] to be folded.»
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently published an Apple patent
application for «an
electronic device [that] may have a
flexible portion that allows [it] to be folded.»