Unidym,
Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research
Corporation, announced today the world's first
full color active matrix LCD made with carbon nanotube (CNT)
components.
This
engineering prototype is currently being demonstrated in Unidym's booth
(#504)
at the Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium,
Seminar
and Exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The new active
matrix LCD
was made in collaboration with Silicon Display Technology based in
Seoul, Korea.
“Unidym’s engineers and scientists worked
closely with Silicon
Display Technology to produce this fully functional active matrix LCD
incorporating
our carbon nanotube-based transparent electrodes on the color
filter,”
said Art Swift, Unidym’s CEO. “This full color
AMLCD clearly shows
that carbon nanotubes are ready to be deployed in high quality active
matrix
devices. This prototype not only shows the robust qualities of CNT
technology
compared to the traditional ITO but also demonstrates the integration
of our
lower cost replacement technology into the LCD fabrication
process.”
“The carbon nanotube-based transparent electrodes
developed by Unidym
are superior in quality and durability compared to ITO
electrodes,” says
Professor Jin Jang, the CEO of Silicon Display Technology.
“Unidym’s
electrodes are very flexible and have excellent applications for
display components
due to their transparency at all wavelengths of visible light and their
excellent
uniformity. They could also be utilized in other applications such as
solar
cells, OLEDs and electrophoretic displays.”
Silicon Display Technology is a Korean company founded in 2000
by Professor
Jang which is focused on providing a variety of services to companies
working
in display technologies and manufacturing. Professor Jang is a member
of the
faculty at Kyunghee University in Seoul, Korea.
“Unidym’s nanotube materials proved easy
to integrate into the
AMLCD,” said Dr. Paul Drzaic, Unidym’s Chief
Technical Officer and
current president of the Society for Information Display. “It
is important
to note that we used conventional fab equipment to build the display,
demonstrating
that there is a direct path towards integrating nanotube technology
into today’s
high volume manufacturing processes for liquid crystal displays.
Coupled with
the cost savings that a nanotube process can bring to the table, we
expect strong
interest in this technology.”
With over 6000 members, SID is the leading international
professional society
exclusively devoted to the advancement of electronic-display
technology, manufacturing,
and applications. SID promotes industry and academic technology
development,
and educates the general public on coming trends in display technology.
SID
provides a forum for the display industry’s leaders that
accelerates progress
and collaboration.
Posted May 20th,2008