Building on the work from the 1970s, the display used electric charge to rotate black and
white ink particles inside tiny capsules located in the screen.
For those who aren't familiar with how it works, E Ink relies on tiny capsules containing both a clear liquid and black and
white ink particles, which are electrically charged.
IonTouch displays content by driving black or
white ink particles contained in e-paper film.
Not exact matches
This «
ink» consists of thousands of capsules containing positively charged
white particles and negatively charged black ones.
The most popular type of e-paper in use today is E
Ink's electrophoretic technology, which creates images by moving around charged
white and black
particles floating in a clear fluid.
This «
ink» consists of thousands of capsules containing positively charged
white particles and negatively charged black ones.
In Kobo eReaders» E
Ink display, there are microscopic particles of black and white ink mixed in with each pixel on the scre
Ink display, there are microscopic
particles of black and
white ink mixed in with each pixel on the scre
ink mixed in with each pixel on the screen.
A clever solution by E
Ink ®, for example, solved the black and
white dilemma by introducing a third color, red, which carries the same charge as the black
particles of the display film, but rises to the surface under different voltage.
Capsules filled with negatively and positively charged
particles color the surface of an electronic paper display black or
white when an electric charge is applied (Image source: E
Ink ®)
An interim solution was found in the three - color -
ink display which operates similarly to the monochrome one, the only difference being that a third pigment is added to the black and
white particles of the EPD film.
Each capsule contains an oily solution containing black dye (the electronic
ink), with numerous
white titanium dioxide
particles suspended within.