Not exact matches
In the process of manufacturing
flexible packaging the print will be buried between the outside
substrate and the rest of the structure, offering scuff and chemical resistance.
«Electrically conductive polymers are used
in OLEDs, for example, which can also be manufactured on
flexible substrates,» explains Tobias Kraus, Head of the research group Structure Formation at INM.
Although a substantial amount of research has been conducted on different types of memory chips and materials, there are still signi?cant challenges
in fabricating high performance memory chips on soft
substrates that are
flexible, without sacri?cing performance.
In addition, it may be used as an advanced substrate and for encapsulation of oxygen - sensitive organic electronics in flexible display
In addition, it may be used as an advanced
substrate and for encapsulation of oxygen - sensitive organic electronics
in flexible display
in flexible displays.
They found that the walls of one of their derivatives, p -(4 -(2 - hydroxyethylpiperidinomethyl)-RRB- calix (4) arene, had the surprising property of being
flexible enough to bind a
substrate molecule
in two different states.
Though single crystals were once thought to be too fragile for
flexible applications, the UMass Amherst team found that crystals ranging
in thickness from about 150 nanometers to 1 micrometer were thin enough to be wrinkled and applied to any elastomer
substrate.
Although a substantial amount of research has been conducted on different types of memory chips and materials, there are still significant challenges
in fabricating high performance memory chips on soft
substrates that are
flexible, without sacrificing performance.
Because there is no heating involved, the crystals can be formed on virtually any
substrate — even heat - sensitive polymer
substrates used
in flexible photovoltaics.
«We can directly create piezoelectric materials of the shape we want, where we want them, on
flexible substrates for use
in energy harvesting and other applications,» said Nazanin Bassiri - Gharb, co-author of the paper and an assistant professor
in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Simple fabrication process of
flexible based micro-cone array (MCA) structure textured on transparent polymer
substrate was successfully demonstrated
in this work for enhancing the photovoltaic performance.
Applying a
flexible waterproof coating bridges gaps and cracks
in walls and allows the
substrate to breathe.
But they also provide major advantages for flat screen watches because they are extra thin, typically less than 0.5 mm, much lighter
in weight, plus the
flexible substrate makes it possible to enclose them into a smaller space.
In 2012 LG first entered the
flexible e-paper arena and developed a screen that was crafted from a
flexible plastic
substrate, the display measuring 0.03 inches (0.7 millimeters) thick and weighs 0.5 ounces (13 grams), making it one - third slimmer and half the weight of currently available glass EPD devices.
He added «Plastic Logic wanted to retain the advantage of working with
flexible substrates, even though it is not shown off to great effect
in the fixed - frame Que e-reader» He ended with the statement «that finding color filters that adhere to a plastic,
flexible substrate, and are reliable under repeated flexing was not trivial».
The work described
in this paper demonstrates, that it is possible to print high - quality large - area plastic electronic systems on low - cost mechanically
flexible polymer
substrates.
E-Ink Chairman Frank Ko said
in recent interview that his company is focusing R&D on
flexible display based on plastic
substrates instead of glass, at looking at IoT applications such as e-paper tags for retail and logistics
in 2016, Ko said.
Unlike typical glass silicon displays, the
flexible plastic
substrates used
in the reader allow the device to be both thinner, lighter and rugged.
The company's current
flexible OLEDs are made
in a 5.5 - Gen line with a capacity of only 8,000
substrates per month.
The display technology used
in the product's creation makes use of a rugged, metal - foil e-paper display and a
flexible, stainless - steel
substrate for silicon thin - film - transistors (TFT).
The panel, a 1024 x 768 monochrome sheet, can be bent up to 40 - degrees without breaking;
in addition, because LG Display has used a
flexible plastic
substrate rather than the more traditional glass, it's less than half the weight of a traditional epaper panel.
The LG V30, Galaxy S8, and Note 8, are also all designed with a swanky looking curved edge, revealing that these panels are also build on a
flexible plastic rather than a rigid glass
substrate (the P
in POLED or P - AMOLED).