Letter abstract
Nature Photonics 1, 468 - 472 (2007)
Published online: 1 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.140
Subject Categories: Optoelectronic devices and components | Novel materials and engineered structures
Photonic-crystal full-colour displays
André C. Arsenault1,2, Daniel P. Puzzo1,2, Ian Manners3 & Geoffrey A. Ozin1
Abstract
In our information-rich world, it is becoming increasingly important to develop technologies capable of displaying dynamic and changeable data, for reasons ranging from value-added advertising to environmental sustainability. There is an intense drive at the moment towards paper-like displays, devices having a high reflectivity and contrast to provide viewability in a variety of environments, particularly in sunlight where emissive or backlit devices perform very poorly. The list of possible technologies is extensive, including electrophoretic, cholesteric liquid crystalline, electrochromic, electrodewetting, interferometric and more. Despite tremendous advances, the key drawback of all these existing display options relates to colour. As soon as an RGB (red, green and blue) colour filter or spatially modulated colour scheme is implemented, substantial light losses are inevitable even if the intrinsic reflectivity of the material is very good.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto M5S 3H6, Canada
- Opalux Incorporated, 80 St George Street, Toronto M5S 3H6, Canada
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Correspondence to: André C. Arsenault1,2Ian Manners3Geoffrey A. Ozin1 e-mail: andre.arsenault@opalux.com; e-mail: Ian.Manners@bristol.ac.uk; e-mail: gozin@chem.utoronto.ca
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