The University of Stuttgart is leading an EU-funded research project focused on the development of lightweight, rugged and flexible LCDs for advertising and automotive applications. Under project LiCRA, scientists at the university are working with partners in industry to develop screens based on plastic foils and not glass substrates, usually found in LCDs.
The €1.5 million, 30 month LiCRA project brings together specialists
from Germany, the UK and Israel.
The University of Stuttgart will work
with UK manufacturer Plastic Logic to develop a process flow for
the assembly of liquid crystal cells on plastic.
Plastic Logic will advance
and adapt its organic thin film transistor (OTFT) technology currently used
for monochrome e-paper displays. The mounting process for the liquid crystal cells
will be developed at the University of Stuttgart.
Israeli company Etkes
and Sons will develop a back light unit (BLU) and Germany’s micro
resist technology GmbH will develop materials and processes for nano imprint lithography.