Developments in Flexible Printed LCDs

Bistable flexible LCDs may be an advance on flexible electrophoretic displays for e-books, e-labels and other applications. For example, ability to use any LCD ink can mean that, compared with electrophoretic displays where the whole front plane must be purchased, printing flexible LCDs may lead to lower cost and choice of functions and greater security of supply. When we visited him on behalf of Printed Electronics World, we established that Professor Vladimir Chigrinov of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology sees the following opportunities: