The world's first graphene electronic paper "Guangzhou made"

[China Packaging Network News] A few days ago, Guangzhou AoWing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Mesh Technology Co., Ltd. jointly held a press conference in Guangzhou to announce the successful development of the world's first graphene electronic paper.

Previously, electronic paper used a traditional ITO material (an indium tin oxide), which is an inorganic material, which is prone to cracks when it is greatly bent, and the number of bends is limited. The graphene is strong, crash-resistant, can curl like paper, and the graphene material has high light transmittance, which will make the brightness of the electronic paper display better. It is very suitable for wearable electronic devices and Internet of things. Need for an ultra-flexible display area.

“The biggest application of flexible display is in the Internet of Things.” Chen Yu, founder of Guangzhou AW Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as AWEI Electronics), said that low-power, variable-shape flexible displays provide a very Convenient human-computer interaction interface. Laptops, IPads, etc., will all rely on the technology to become light and easy to fold; a cup, a chair, a floor, can be “applied” with a thin display to achieve interoperability, and can even be based on The people's mood is constantly adjusting their colors. "The electronic paper is the best display interface for the future Internet of Things system, and the world will enter an era in which all things are displayed and everything is connected."

"The Internet of Things has various definitions, but I think it is actually humanizing the existing objects, thinking like people can communicate, and can communicate with other objects." In Chen Yu's view, the Internet of Things There are three very important elements. The first is the chip, which is equivalent to the brain of the object, which can handle data processing and communication. The second is the sensor, which is equivalent to human senses. It is used to sense changes in the surrounding environment and interact with the situation. The third is the display of human-computer interaction, otherwise the Internet of Things does not make sense.

It is reported that electronic paper is the best display interface for future Internet of Things systems, various types of electronic readers (such as e-books), electronic textbooks (such as e-books), mobile phones, wearable electronic devices (watches, bracelets, etc.) , supermarkets, electronic price tags, smart cards, industrial instruments and other fields have been applied, the market capacity is rapidly expanding. According to the data forecast, by 2020, the number of products using electronic paper display technology will reach 25 billion, and the new output value will be 1.9 trillion US dollars (Gartner predicts data). The display screen is one of the core components.

"In the field of flexible displays, Chinese companies have not only fallen behind the internationally advanced European countries with advanced technology. On the contrary, key core technologies are in the hands of Chinese companies." Chen Yu said that foreign countries have rushed to establish new technologies in chip technology. High technical barriers, but with the advantage of new materials technology, AWIC Electronics will occupy high technology areas in sensors and displays, and in turn break the chip technology, it will help China to complete the construction of the ecosystem in the era of the Internet of Things.

At present, 90% of AWIC's new materials are domestically produced, and less than 10% of the chemical materials still need to be imported. Chen Yu said frankly that compared with foreign countries, some material properties still do not meet stability requirements. Great space for improvement. In response, AW Electronic continues to make up for the shortcomings of its talents. Its “friendship circle” has already included expert library resources of foreign elite universities such as Princeton University, University of California, and Cambridge University, and cooperated with the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology of Sun Yat-sen University. In cooperation with China National Labor Union and Tianjin University, they also cooperated with internationally renowned display application companies.

In addition to the development of the next-generation dual-screen mobile phone electronic paper display in cooperation with Russia's Ute Company, in July 2015, the company’s electronic flexible display manufacturing base project settled in Chengdu, accelerating its global presence.

At present, AW Electronic also sets up marketing points in cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen, and actively explores the domestic market. At the same time, Shenzhen has also established a research and development team. Chen Yu proposed that Guangzhou City should make use of the existing foundation of Aerofoil and other companies to vigorously develop the flexible display and sensor industry and build Guangzhou into an industrial center for global flexible displays and graphene.

The city of Guangzhou also responded positively to his request and said that it will support the Austrian wing to establish a technology alliance for the organic flexible display and graphene industry and attract world-class experts to settle in Guangzhou.