TY - JOUR
T1 - Solution electrochemiluminescent microfluidic cell for flexible and stretchable display
AU - Okumura, R.
AU - Takamatsu, S.
AU - Iwase, E.
AU - Matsumoto, K.
AU - Shimoyama, I.
PY - 2009/6/1
Y1 - 2009/6/1
N2 - We developed liquid luminescent flexible displays using electrochemiluminescent solution as deformable luminescent material. The solution consisted of ruthenium complexes as light emitting material and ionic liquid as nonvolatile solvent. We injected the solution, to pattern and seal it, into microfluidic cells between two flexible films of polyethylene terephthalate substrates with indium tin oxide electrodes. The light emitting area of one cell was 2×2 mm2 The gap between the electrodes was 100 μm. We measured the luminance of the cell during application of 5OHz/4.OVpp (peak-to-peak value) rectangular waves of voltage in bent condition. The device was bent along the convex curvature with radii of 60, 30 and 20 mm. The luminance was reduced by only 30 00 when the radius of curvature reached 20 mm. We conclude the electrochemiluminescent cells are suitable for flexible displays because they can tolerate large deformation of bending.
AB - We developed liquid luminescent flexible displays using electrochemiluminescent solution as deformable luminescent material. The solution consisted of ruthenium complexes as light emitting material and ionic liquid as nonvolatile solvent. We injected the solution, to pattern and seal it, into microfluidic cells between two flexible films of polyethylene terephthalate substrates with indium tin oxide electrodes. The light emitting area of one cell was 2×2 mm2 The gap between the electrodes was 100 μm. We measured the luminance of the cell during application of 5OHz/4.OVpp (peak-to-peak value) rectangular waves of voltage in bent condition. The device was bent along the convex curvature with radii of 60, 30 and 20 mm. The luminance was reduced by only 30 00 when the radius of curvature reached 20 mm. We conclude the electrochemiluminescent cells are suitable for flexible displays because they can tolerate large deformation of bending.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805541
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805541
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:65949094822
SN - 1084-6999
SP - 947
EP - 950
JO - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
JF - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
M1 - 4805541
T2 - 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2009
Y2 - 25 January 2009 through 29 January 2009
ER -