Transparent Film Technology for Touch Screen and Flexible Display Applications

摘要

The growth in applications for flexible displays with touch screens is being driven by the market demand for lighter, less costly and more functional user interface devices. In addition to the material and process technologies used in the fabrication, flexible electronics can be applied to other emerging markets such as photovoltaics, smart cards and solid state lighting. There is a growing need for coated durable flexible plastics with optical and durability properties similar to that of coated glass. Consequently, rapid market growth is forecasted for transparent conductive films and materials such as ITO, CNT and silver nano coatings used in the production of flexible displays and touch screens. Additionally, higher durability hard coatings with better optical properties are needed as well as better, low-cost, low-permeability barrier coatings. In all cases, the developed plastic films would ideally have all of the positive attributes of glass while maintaining the desirable flexible properties of a plastic film.