Paintable Displays

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Paintable Displays

• Robert Hatfield
• Material Science 3344
• Spring 2006

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Process to make a display

• Alignment layer attached to substrate.
• Polymer liquid painted on.
• Masked grid laid on top
• First UV treatment
• Mask removed
• Second UV treatment
• Polarizing Coat Applied

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Future Uses

• No size limit
• No need for a flat surface
• Attach to nearly any substrate
• Wallpaper, clothes, newspapers, etc.

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Advantages

• Uses only one substrate
• Ultra thin
• Can be flexible

• Ultra light
• Cheaper than current LCD

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Bibliography

• http//www.case.edu/news/2005/3-05/paint_wall.htm
• http//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/05032
  9140351.htm
• http//www.research.philips.com/newscenter/picture
  s/display-paintable.html
• http//www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/05/01/lcds.
  htm