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China Creates World's First Graphene Electronic Paper (techtimes.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the thinner-lighter-stronger dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report published on Tech Times: China has developed the world's first graphene electronic paper that can possibly revolutionize the screen displays on electronic gadgets such as wearable devices and e-readers. Developed by Guangzhou OED Technologies in partnership with another company in the Chongqing Province, the material is also the world's lightest and strongest material in prevalence today. It's 0.335 nanometers thick and can be used to create hard or flexible graphene displays. Graphene e-paper comes with the capability to conduct both heat and electricity, and it can supposedly enhance optical displays to a brighter level, owing to its high-light transmittance properties. What about cost? Since it's derived from carbon, graphene-based e-papers can be easily produced cost-effectively. Traditional e-papers use indium metal for their display, which is very expensive and rare to source.

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  1. Will this mean e-ink we can buy? by dbIII · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The current e-ink market is heavily controlled thus expensive niche items for products that are very cheap to manufacture. We've missed the boat with e-ink phones despite the technology being available for more than a decade - the patent holders didn't want their IP "cheapened" by ending up in inexpensive phones. Hopefully this will open things up a bit. I've wanted an e-ink monitor ever since the technology has been announced but the closest I've been able to get is an android tablet (Boox) and only in the last year.

  2. Re: China is a big country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They stole the design from a team in Colorado Springs, because that's what China does. They steal and steal and steal some more.

  3. Keep your invisible hands to yourself by dbIII · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The market buys a lot of things, such as e-ink readers due to LCD sucking in direct sunlight. If the deliberately restricted market of e-ink opens up a bit due to real competition and is able to actually act like the market you describe then I think there will be room in the market for more devices.
    Your snarky "market" comment is amusing considering the topic. Do you really know that little about what has been going on with e-ink for a decade?