Flexible Flat Panel Displays

Flexible displays are currently one of the most researched topics within the flat panel display community. They promise to change our display-centric world by replacing bulky rigid devices with those that are paper-thin and can be rolled away or folded up when not in use.

The field of flexible flat panel displays is truly unique in the sense that it is interdisciplinary to the display community, combining basic principles from nearly all engineering and science disciplines.

Organized to bring the reader from the component level, through display system and assembly, to the possible manufacturing routes Flexible Flat Panel Displays:

* outlines the underlying scientific theory required to develop flexible display applications

* addresses the critical issues relating to the convergence of technologies including substrates, conducting layers, electro-optic materials and thin-film transistors

* provides guidance on flexible display manufacturing

* presents market information and a chapter dedicated to future market trends of flexible flat panel displays.

Flexible Flat Panel Displays is an essential tool for scientists, engineers, designers and business and marketing professionals working at all levels of the display industry. Graduate students entering the field of display technology will also find this book an excellent reference.

1 Flexible Flat Panel Display Technology (Gregory P. Crawford).

2 Engineered Films for Display Technologies (Bill A. MacDonald, Keith Rollins, Duncan MacKerron, Karl Rakos, Robert Eveson, and Bob Rustin).

3 Flexible Glass Substrates (Armin Plichta, Andreas Habeck, Silke Knoche, Norbert Hildebrand, Anke Kruse, and Andreas Weber).

4 Barrier Layer Technology for Flexible Displays (Gordon L. Graff, Paul E. Burrows, Rick E. Williford, and Robert F. Praino).

5 Transparent Conducting Oxide Materials and Technology (David C. Paine, Hyo-Young Yeom and Burag Yaglioglu).

6 Mechanics of ITO on Plastic Substrates for Flexible Displays (Piet C. P. Bouten, Peter J. Slikkerveer and Yves Leterrier).

7 Stability of Externally Deformed ITO Films (Jeong-In Han).

8 Conductive Polymers (L. Bert Groenendaal).

9 Mechanical Reliability of Conductive Polymers for Rollable Display Applications (Darran R. Cairns).

10 Optical and Functional Coatings for Flexible Displays (Matthew Sousa and Gregory P. Crawford).

11 Patterning Techniques and Semiconductor Materials for Flexible Electronics (John A. Rogers and Graciela Blanchet).

12 Printed Organic Electronics (Raj B. Apte, Robert A. Street, Ana Claudia Arias, Alberto Salleo, Michael Chabinyc, William S. Wong, Beng S. Ong Yiliang Wu, Ping Liu, and Sandra Gardner).

13 Rollable Active Matrix Displays with Organic Electronics (Edzer Huitema, Gerwin Gelinck, Erik van Veenendaal, Fred Touwslager, and Pieter van Lieshout).

14 Awaiting Author Copy (Sigard Wagner).

15 OLED Displays on Plastic (Mark L. Hildner).

16 Encapsulated Liquid Crystal Materials for Flexible Display Applications (Gregory P. Crawford)

17 Cholesteric Liquid Crystals for Flexible Displays (J. William Doane and Asad Khan).

18 Paintable LCDs: Single-Substrate LCDs Produced by Photoenforced Stratification (Roel Penterman, Stephen I. Klink, Joost Vogels, Edzer Huitema, Henk de Koning, and Dirk Broer).

19 Electrophoretic Imaging Films for Electronic Paper Displays (Karl Amundson).

20 Gyricon Materials for Flexible Displays (Nicolas Sheridon).

21 Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Flexible Displays (Abbie Gregg, Lara York, and Mark Strnad).

22 High-Resolution Full-Color Flexible TFT LCDs Based on Amorphous Silicon (Jin Jang, Sung Hwan Won, Bo Sung Kim, Mun Pyo Hong, and Kyu Ha Chung).

23 All-Plastic Color TFT LCDs Based on Low-Temperature Poly-Si (Akihiko Asano).

24 TFT Transfer Technology (Sumio Utsunomiya, Satoshi Inoue, and Tatsuya Shimoda).

25 Markets and Applications of Flexible Displays (Kimberly Allen).