That's pretty impressive considering the fragility of
the glass substrate used for the E Ink screen.
In this work, WO3 coatings were grown on Indium Tin Oxide
glass substrates using tungsten wire as precursor for a range of deposition periods and annealing temperatures using a homemade spark machine.
Not exact matches
High purity alumina or «HPA» is
used to manufacture synthetic sapphire wafers
used in the manufacture of
substrates for LED lights, semiconductors
used in the electronics industry and scratch - resistant sapphire
glass used for wristwatch faces, optical lenses and next generation smartphones.
Conventional semiconductors are built
using silicon - based
substrates (the material upon which semiconductor devices are fabricated), but metal - insulator electronics can be made atop less pricey
glass, metal or plastic
substrates.
Mechanical constraints such as soft wire, or
glass substrate which chemically binds with the gel, can also be
used to manipulate the self - assembly and formation of hydrogels into complex structures.
Researchers are working on a promising solution: they are
using flexible
glass as a carrier
substrate that better protects the components.
Until recently, the Empa CIGS cells were the most efficient in the world; at the end of October, though, a German research team at the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie - und Wasserstoff - Forschung (ZSW) in Stuttgart presented CIGS cells with an efficiency of 20.8 %, although they
use far higher processing temperatures and (rigid)
glass as the
substrate.
So far, Davidson has experimented with small arrays of gold nano - spirals on a
glass substrate made
using scanning electron - beam lithography.
«Because we could now
use different
substrates such as plastics,
glass or even paper, these electronics could be flexible, very inexpensive and stable,» Chang said.
display prototype with 3104 by 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi, that
uses E Ink's electrophoretic ink on a Si - TFT
glass substrate.
This being that the
glass substrate to be
used in iPad 5 will be thinner by 0.2 mm from the 0.25 mm thickness as is seen in the iPad 4.
The
use of a plastic
substrate instead of
glass enables completely new applications and products.
Basically, Fina is a
glass based TFT technology that
uses a very thin
glass substrate to deliver products that are much lighter and thinner than what is possible with standard LCD displays.
display prototype with 3104 x 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi, that
uses E Ink's electrophoretic ink on a silicon thin - film transistor
glass substrate.
Unlike typical
glass silicon displays, the flexible plastic
substrates used in the reader allow the device to be both thinner, lighter and rugged.
What's supposed to be so cool about Sony's electronic paper is that it
uses a plastic
substrate instead of
glass so that it is flexible, durable, and can be rolled up and bent.
The Fina
uses a very thin
glass substrate that enables it to be lighter and thinner than previous E Ink displays.
Newer technology is always more expensive, and Mobius displays
use a plastic
substrate so they are a lot more durable and lightweight than traditional
glass displays.
Plastic Logic is understood to be working on A5 - sized (14.8 x21 cm) standalone screens that could act as auxiliary displays for mobiles, and would at the very least be more robust than conventional screens
using glass substrates.
Fina is based on TFT technology, but
uses a much thinner
glass substrate which is much thinner
Usually, E-paper has
used glass substrate in the past but this new technology
uses plastic
substrate.
Fina is based on TFT technology, but
uses a much thinner
glass substrate which is much thinner and lighter than standard LCD displays.
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.
Corning started developing a product under «Project Phire» last year, aiming to come up with a
glass substrate that was as durable as Gorilla Glass 4 and as scratch resistant as sapphire, which is used in traditional luxury wat
glass substrate that was as durable as Gorilla
Glass 4 and as scratch resistant as sapphire, which is used in traditional luxury wat
Glass 4 and as scratch resistant as sapphire, which is
used in traditional luxury watches.
The panel itself will be quite strong, thanks to the
use of stronger plastic
substrate instead of a
glass base on traditional OLED panels.
The problem might be traced back to the first
use of plastic OLED, or P - OLED, which
uses a plastic
substrate instead of
glass to make it more deformable.
At the time, LG chose to
use plastic over
glass substrate because the flexibility and thinness of plastic allowed the company to come up with phone displays that have a wider range of form factors, according to Android Authority.
While the first wave of OLED panels were built
using glass substrates, the desire for more interesting form factors has seen this layer move over to
use more flexible plastic components.
However, the switch from a
glass substrate also has to accommodate the type of TFT technologies
used, in order to bring down their manufacturing temperatures or
use of plastics that can withstand higher temperatures.
Can be
used with porcelain,
glass, ceramic, quarry, mosaics and most natural stone tile over all common
substrates.