Editor's Preface

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), devices and objects around us are being equipped with built‐in sensors and electronics which allow them to analyse and share information in real time, in the manner we associate with intelligent organisms. It follows that vast numbers of devices will be fitted with displays to present the information. The needs of such autonomous miniature devices mean that displays with low power consumption, excellent sunlight readability, and geometrical conformability which are compatible with low‐cost fabrication methods, are becoming critical components in future IoT environments. E‐paper displays have the inherent advantages of reflective operation, zero‐power bistability, and in many cases they can be fabricated by printing‐based processes. Therefore, they are regarded as among the most promising display technologies for these applications. Furthermore, many recent applications, such as fixed and mobile signage for transport, advertising billboards, architectural coatings, wrapped vehicles, e‐readers, retail labelling, dynamic artworks, and many others, have started to exploit the unique advantages of E‐paper.

Unlike LCD and OLED technologies, E‐paper display technologies have not up until now been collectively and comprehensively reviewed, and there has been no published source which can provide scientists, engineers, and users with enough broad, insightful, and up‐to‐date knowledge to support research and development or product integration in this field. To fill this need, the present book represents the achievement of a three‐year collaboration with prestigious scholars, experts, and entrepreneurs in E‐paper display fields.

In this book, we have tried to cover as extensive a range of E‐paper technologies as possible. Started with the development history of electrophoretic displays, followed by the fundamental mechanisms, physical models, driving waveforms, image processing, and advanced structures of electrophoretic displays, we describe the technological details and review the development progress to show how electrophoretic E‐papers become commercially successful. In addition, bistable and reflective LCDs for E‐paper applications, including Cholesteric LC, Zenithally Bistable Display (ZBD), Memory in Pixel (MIP), and Optically Rewritable (ORW) LCDs are also introduced. After that, the emergent technologies such as electro‐wetting, electro‐chromic, and phase change materials for E‐paper display applications are reported and summarized. In the last part, the special needs for metrology of E‐paper displays are explained. This book covers the broad spectrum of state‐of‐the‐art reflective and bistable E‐paper technologies, and we believe it will provide an invaluable handbook and reference for researchers, advanced students, and professionals in this field.

..................Content has been hidden....................

You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.
Reset
44.211.24.175