Color plastic bistable nematic display fabricated by imprint and ink-jet technology

Plastic displays require new manufacturing processes and techniques to achieve acceptable cost and performance. A novel additive, low-temperature atmospheric-pressure self-aligned means of fabricating integrated plastic substrates for full-color LCDs and a bistable LC mode based on microstructure alignment are presented. By using imprinting rather than photolithographic patterning, a scalable, low-cost manufacturing route is possible. A 2-in.-diagonal 128 x 128-pixel display was made to demonstrate the principles involved, which has retained an image for in excess of 2 years.