Optically Rewriting: A New Printing Method on Glass and Plastic Substrates

Prof Vladimir G Chigrinov,

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong

This presentation was given at Printed Electronics Asia 2010 on Oct 14, 2010.

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Presentation Summary

The idea of the photoaligned optically rewritable (ORW) liquid crystal green E-paper to write, store and rewrite again the information generated by computer on a glass or flexible carrier is proposed.
The configuration of the light printer for writing/erasing E-paper images is elaborated.
The displays based on ORW E-paper without current conducting layers and electronic drivers for price labels, plastic card displays, and E-advertisements are demonstrated.

Speaker Biography (Vladimir G Chigrinov)

Professor Chigrinov joined HKUST in Hong Kong in 1999, and become a full Professor in 2008. He is a coauthor of a pioneering work in Liquid Crystal Photoaligning Technology, which has about 600 citations in scientific and technical journals. He is a Senior Member of the Society of Information Display (SID) since 2004, SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 4 books, 15 reviews and book chapters, about 160 journal papers, more than 360 Conference presentations and 60 patents and patent applications in the field of liquid crystals since 1974.

Company Profile (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)

Since its opening in 1991, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology becomes a world top University in Engineering and Business. The Engineering School includes computer, electronic and mechanical branches with the world known experts. The University has excellent facilities and is tightly connected with South East Asia manufacturers.