Japanese researchers develop stretchy LED display

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Researchers in Japan have developed a display which can be stretched up to 50 percent, distorted around a hemisphere and still display bright images.

The paper, published today (11 May) in Nature Materials says researchers "constructed a rubber-like stretchable active-matrix display comprising integrated printed elastic conductors, organic transistors and organic light-emitting diodes. The display could be stretched by 30-50% and spread over a hemisphere without any mechanical or electrical damage."

The display is based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) uniformly dispersed in a fluorinated rubber.

The lead researcher on the project is Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo.

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Press release from Nature Materials magazine

Researchers develop EL display that can stretch like rubber Mainichi Daily News (Japan)

Correspondence to: Prof. Takao Someya someya@ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp