Novel Materials and Methods for Display Technology

This is a concise, didactic introduction and overview covering both the materials as well as construction principles for advanced display technology. The book illustrates the importance of choosing not just suitable materials but also optimal techniques for constructing displays for all kinds of applications, ranging from the smallest mobile to large static appliances. As a professor and chief technologist of several startup companies, the author is involved in both the academic as well as the commercial sides of this topic, with access to the science forefront and markets alike. He guides readers from the physical fundamentals and general principles to the individual properties and functions of display materials and how to design and construct them. Along the way, he covers new nanotechnological and nature-imitating approaches for the optical visualization of information, concluding with a speculation of what the future may hold. The result is a mine of knowledge where chemists, materials scientists, physicists and electronics engineers will find information on all the interdisciplinary aspects involved.

Table of Contents:
I. General Introduction and Background Principles of Display Technology Brief History Construction of Displays Architecture and Main Components of Displays Main Types of Displays Human Factors The Need for Improvement 3D Displays The Global Market for Display Technology II. Novel Materials for Displays LEDs and OLEDs Novel Phosphors and Colour Conversion Polymers Microtip and Nanotube Electron Emitters Liquid Crystals, Photochromic and Electrochromic Materials Nanoparticle Suspensions Biological Systems Photonic Bandgap Materials Property Evaluation of Materials for Display Applications III. Novel Technologies for Displays Energy Saving Displays Flat Panel Displays Flexible Displays Displays Based on Adaptation of Biological Systems 3D Displays Interactive Displays Intelligent Displays Nanotechnology-based Displays Novel Electronic Driving Schemes to Improve Display Characteristics Chip-on-glass Displays IV. Future Displays Overview of Suggested New Technologies Technology Speculations V.Summary and Conclusion

About the Author :
Janos Hajto is Professor of Physical Electronics at the School of Engineering of Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1997. After completing his studies of physics and physical chemistry with a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the Central Research Institute of Physics in Budapest, Hungary, in 1975, Janos Hajto conducted research at the same institute. From 1982 on he was a Research Fellow at British Petroleum, a British Telecom Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Edinburgh University. He obtained a D.Sc. in physical electronics there in 1993 and became Professor of Physics at Napier University, Edinburgh. His research work has resulted in several startup companies in which he is actively involved in key senior positions. Janos Hajto has published over 90 refereed papers, 14 national and international patents, and two books. Apart from numerous other awards, he received the Order of Merit of Officers Cross Hungarian Republic in 2004 for his international science and research achiements.