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Polymers light the way

Nature volume 421, pages 800–801 (2003)Cite this article

Using the methods of polymer deposition that are employed in making integrated circuits, light-emitting polymers can be patterned for application in flat-screen, full-colour displays.

Liquid-crystal devices dominate the market for the flat-panel displays used in laptops, personal organizers and mobile telephones. They have their drawbacks, however, and light-emitting polymers are showing great promise as a complementary technology. Processing such polymers to produce a colour, pixelated display is one of the challenges. As they describe on page 829 of this issue, it is a challenge that Müller et al.1 have tackled in a new way.

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Figure 1: An ink-jet show. This full-colour, light-emitting polymer display, printed by the ink-jet technique using polyfluorenes, is 2.8 inches in size, diagonally.

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