Opalux

Opalux

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Opalux is a global leader in photonic color technology research and development. The company's mission is to accelerate the commercialization of new technologies and applications based on the exciting platform technology of innovative photonic color. One of the technologies is Photonic Ink (P‐Ink), a tunable electroactive material. By applying different voltages to this material, the photonic crystal structure can be modulated to reflect any desired spectral color in the visible spectrum. Not only is the color tunable, but switching is carried out at low voltages (1.5 V or lower) and amperages (μA), and the resulting color states are bistable. All these performance characteristics make Opalux's P‐Ink technology a viable option for next generation full color reflective displays.
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2014
1 Apr 2014

Low-power, Flexible, Color-Tunable Surfaces

Opalux Incorporated, Canada
2013
21 Nov 2013

Low-power, Flexible, Color-Tunable Surfaces

Opalux Incorporated, Canada
1 Mar 2013

Ubiquity or obsolescence: how is E Ink's success story going to end?

Looking back at last year, it looks like 2012 was a tipping point for the e-reader market. Kindles and the likes were overshadowed by new models of tablet computers, resulting in a shift in consumer spending towards the tablets. But e-readers are still hugely popular, not least because of their long battery life and their low price. Since the holiday season, the must-have new feature has been the frontlight that enables reading in the dark, such as in the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. But take a closer look at this new generation of e-readers and you will find something striking: all of them use the same E Ink Pearl display, a technology that was released more than two years ago.
20 Feb 2013

On a roll: why E Ink is still the leader in e-paper

E-paper technologies are attempts to mimic paper, which can be described as a reflective surface, non-emissive and viewable from any angle.
14 Jan 2013

E Ink Holdings

2012
6 Dec 2012

Photonic Color: Dynamic, Flexible Color for Unique Product Differentiation

Opalux Incorporated, Canada
2011
12 Dec 2011

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2011 award winners

The annual printed electronics award winners were announced at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Santa Clara, California. The awards recognize outstanding progress in the development and commercialization of printed electronics, an industry that produces a huge amount of technical innovation which will be used in many products.
5 Dec 2011

Opalux receives Technical Development Material Award

Opalux receives "Technical Development Material Award" at the 2011 Printed Electronics Conference for its Photonic Crystal Display Technology.
1 Dec 2011

Opalux P-Ink Displays: Flexibe, Low Power, Reflective Color

Opalux Incorporated, Canada
16 Nov 2011

E-readers - Market prospects and technology developments

Electronic paper technology has found its main application in the development of e-book readers, a market that has bloomed in recent years with successful devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barns & Noble Nook.
4 Oct 2011

There's more to life than OLEDs and electrophoretic displays...

At IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara on the 30th of November and the 1st of December 2011, there will be a focus on technologies such as OLEDs and electrophoretic displays, with leading innovators such as Sumitomo, Panasonic and E Ink discussing their progress. But there's other display technologies emerging, at earlier stages of commercialization that promise performance enhancement, cost reduction and new possibilities. Two of these technologies, QD Vision's QLEDs and Opalux 's photonic crystal displays are described below.
2009
21 Dec 2009

Race for color video e-readers

The e-reader is a killer application involving printed electronics. Despite costing more than an i-Pod, the Amazon Kindle achieved 500,000 unit sales in its first year of trading last year and now we are talking of millions. The i-Pod, an iconic success, only achieved 300,000 unit sales in its first year of trading.
2008
19 May 2008

Battery charge indicators revolutionized by Toronto company

Opalux has invented a low-cost battery charge indicator that provides a constant reading of the charge and health of a battery.