Issue 9, 2020

Fabrication and evaluation of flexible electrowetting display with support pillars

Abstract

With the development of portable and wearable devices, flexible displays have attracted extensive interest and have become increasingly important in our daily life. In this study, a flexible electrowetting display (FEWD) was proposed and fabricated. To prevent a short circuit between the top and bottom electrodes, various types of support pillars were fabricated on the top substrates through a photolithography technique. The FEWD was measured under positive and negative bending conditions, with the applied voltage increasing from 0 to 24 V. The aperture ratio and response time were investigated to better evaluate and understand the performance of the FEWD. The mechanical properties of the support pillars and the FEWD were evaluated by means of compression force and cyclic bending tests, respectively. The results showed that the FEWD operated properly at 24 V under a bending curvature of 0.25 cm−1, achieving the largest aperture ratio of 54.96%. Moreover, the oil movement could be influenced by the support pillars in the pixel. With the advantages of both optical performance and flexibility, an FEWD with support pillars is a novel item for future development of reflective transparent displays and provides a promising strategy for developing flexible, wearable, and visible devices.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication and evaluation of flexible electrowetting display with support pillars

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 May 2020
Accepted
20 Jul 2020
First published
21 Jul 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 4077-4084

Fabrication and evaluation of flexible electrowetting display with support pillars

H. Li, R. Li, H. Jiang, X. Fang, X. Yin and R. Zhou, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4077 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00355G

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