• Title/Summary/Keyword: Flexible optoelectronics

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Process development of flexible liquid crystal displays

  • Liu, Kang-Hung;Wang, Hsing-Lung;Ku, Chun-Kang;Chen, Ru-De;Lin, Yan-Rung;Chang, Chih-Yuan;Lin, Chun-Yuan;Lee, Mei-Ju;Kuo, Chia-Wei;Ciou, Jyun-Kai;Liao, Chi-Chang
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.1112-1114
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we have studied manufacturing process for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) using plastic substrates. Because the thermal and dimensional stabilities of plastic substrates are decisive issues, both the process and materials were improved to fit the manufacturing requirements of flexible twisted-nematic (TN) and color super-twisted nematic (CSTN) LCDs. Finally, to broaden the flexible display applications, we take advantage of the unique properties of flexible display to design several innovative products.

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Flexible Liquid Crystal Film Using Continuous Process

  • Liao, Chi-Chang;Wang, Hsing-Lung;Liu, Kang-Hung;Chen, Ru-De;Chang, Chih-Yuan;Jeng, Shie-Chang;Lin, Yan-Rung;Lu, Kevin;Chang, Rick;Chen, Jerry
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.73-75
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    • 2007
  • Micro-cell LC film and polymer network liquid crystal (PNLC) film by using continuous compatible process have been developed . A high-contrast micro-cell LC film has a strong potential as a high-performance flexible device. PNLC film has the low driving voltage. Both films show the characteristics of lightness, thinness and mechanical stability.

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Bending effect of flexible liquid crystal display

  • Lin, Yan-Rung;Jeng, Shie-Chang;Kuo, Chia-Wei;Liao, Chi-Chang;Chen, Cheng-Chung;Shy, Joe-Tsong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.710-712
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    • 2007
  • The effects of stress on the IZO/PC substrate and the electro-optical properties of a flexible LCD with microstructure in bending were investigated. It showed that the IZO/PC substrate and the periodic cross spacers are good enough to be employed in the application of the ECB or polarization rotation LC mode.

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High resolution flexible e-paper driven by printed OTFT

  • Hu, Tarng-Shiang;Wang, Yi-Kai;Peng, Yu-Rung;Yang, Tsung-Hua;Chiang, Ko-Yu;Lo, Po-Yuan;Chang, Chih-Hao;Hsu, Hsin-Yun;Chou, Chun-Cheng;Hsieh, Yen-Min;Liu, Chueh-Wen;Hu, Jupiter
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.421-427
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    • 2009
  • We successfully fabricated 4.7-inch organic thin film transistors array with $640{\times}480$ pixels on flexible substrate. All the processes were done by photolithography, spin coating and ink-jet printing. The OTFT-Electrophoretic (EP) pixel structure, based on a top gate OTFT, was fabricated. The mobility, ON/OFF ratio, subthreshold swing and threshold voltage of OTFT on flexible substrate are: 0.01 ^2/V-s, 1.3 V/dec, 10E5 and -3.5 V. After laminated the EP media on OTFT array, a panel of 4.7-inch $640{\times}480$ OTFT-EPD was fabricated. All of process temperature in OTFT-EPD is lower than $150^{\circ}C$. The pixel size in our panel is $150{\mu}m{\times}150{\mu}m$, and the aperture ratio is 50 %. The OTFT channel length and width is 20 um and 200um, respectively. We also used OTFT to drive EP media successfully. The operation voltages that are used on the gate bias are -30 V during the row data selection and the gate bias are 0 V during the row data hold time. The data voltages that are used on the source bias are -20 V, 0 V, and 20 V during display media operation.

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Homeotropic liquid crystal cell without vertical alignment layers

  • Jeng, Shie-Chang;Wang, Hsing-Lung;Kuo, Chia-Wei;Lin, Yan-Rung;Liao, Chi-Chang
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.496-498
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    • 2007
  • This paper reports our observation that the addition of nanoparticles in the negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) cell can exhibit the properties of vertical alignment without using alignment layers. The electro-optical properties of this nanoparticles-induced vertical alignment in the LC cell are very similar to the conventional homeotropic LC cell with alignment layers. This technique can be used to fabricate a flexible LC display demanding low temperature process

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Optical Performance of Bent Polymer Network Liquid Crystal Films Using Plastic Substrates

  • Kuo, Chia-Wei;Lin, Yan-Rung;Wang, Hsing-Lung;Liao, Chi-Chang;Huang, Po-Yu;Shy, Joe-Tsong;Lu, Kevin;Tsai, Afonda;Chang, Rick;Chen, Jerry
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.627-628
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    • 2008
  • We have studied the optical performance of flexible polymer network liquid crystal (PNLC) films at various bending states. Different measurement setups, wide and narrow opening angles of detector, were used to collect scatting light of PNLC films. The optical and dynamic properties of bent PNLC implied the change of LC domains.

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Fundamental Issues in Graphene: Material Properties and Applications

  • Choi, Sung-Yool
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.08a
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    • pp.67-67
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    • 2012
  • Graphene, two-dimensional one-atom-thick planar sheet of carbon atoms densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice, exhibits fascinating electrical properties, such as a linear energy dispersion relation and high mobility in addition to a wide-range optical absorption and high thermal conductivity. Graphene's outstanding tensile strength allows graphene-based electronic and photonic devices to be flexible, bendable, or even stretchable. Recently many groups have reported high performance electronic and optoelectronic devices based on graphene materials, i.e. field-effect transistors, gas sensors, nonvolatile memory devices, and plasmonic waveguides, in which versatile properties of graphene materials have been incorporated into a flexible electronic or optoelectronic platform. However, there are several fundamental or technological hurdles to be overcome in real applications of graphene in electronics and optoelectronics. In this tutorial we will present a short introduction to the basic material properties and recent progresses in applications of graphene to electronics and optoelectronics and discuss future outlook of graphene-based devices.

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Silicon Thin-Film Transistors on Flexible Polymer Foil Substrates

  • Cheng, I-Chun;Chen, Jian Z.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1455-1458
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    • 2008
  • Amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are fabricated on flexible organic polymer foil substrates. As-fabricated performance, electrical bias-stability at elevated temperatures, electrical response under mechanical flexing, and prolonged mechanical stability of the TFTs are studied. TFTs made on plastic at ultra low process temperatures of $150^{\circ}C$ show initial electrical performance like TFTs made on glass but large gate-bias stress instability. An abnormal saturation of the instability against operation temperature is observed.

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Characteristics of flexible indium tin oxide electrode grown by continuous roll-to-roll sputtering process for flexible displays

  • Choi, Kwang-Hyuk;Cho, Sung-Woo;Jeong, Jin-A;Kim, Han-Ki
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.605-608
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    • 2008
  • The preparation and characteristics of flexible indium tin oxide electrodes grown on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates using a specially designed roll-to-roll sputtering system for use in flexible optoelectronics In spite of low a PET substrate temperature, we can obtain the flexible electrode with a sheet resistance of 47.4 ohm/square and an average optical transmittance of 83.46 % in the green region of 500~550 nm wavelength. Both x-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) analysis results showed that all flexible ITO electrodes grown on the PET substrate were an amorphous structure with a very smooth and featureless surface, regardless of the Ar/$O_2$ flow ratio due to the low substrate temperature, which is maintained by a cooling drum. In addition, the flexible ITO electrode grown on the Ar ion beam treated PET substrates showed more stable mechanical properties than the flexible ITO electrode grown on the wet cleaned PET substrate, due to an increased adhesion between the flexible ITO and the PET substrates.

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Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Modified Graphene Anodes

  • Han, Tae-Hui;Lee, Yeong-Bin;Choe, Mi-Ri;U, Seong-Hun;Bae, Sang-Hun;Hong, Byeong-Hui;An, Jong-Hyeon;Lee, Tae-U
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.69.2-69.2
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    • 2012
  • Graphene films have a strong potential to replace indium tin oxide anodes in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), to date. However, the luminous efficiency of OLEDs with graphene anodes has been limited by a lack of efficient methods to improve the low work function and reduce the sheet resistance of graphene films to the levels required for electrodes. Here, we fabricate flexible OLEDs by modifying the graphene anode to have a high work function and low sheet resistance, and thus achieve extremely high luminous power efficiencies (37.2 lm/W in fluorescent OLEDs, 102.7 lm/W in phosphorescent OLEDs), which are significantly higher than those of optimized devices with an indium tin oxide anode (24.1 lm/W in fluorescent OLEDs, 85.6 lm/W in phosphorescent OLEDs). We also fabricate flexible white OLED lighting devices using the graphene anode. These results demonstrate the great potential of graphene anodes for use in a wide variety of high-performance flexible organic optoelectronics.

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