GE Plastics breakthrough research on substrate system

GE Global Research is presenting details on its successful development of a substrate system for flexible OLEDs at the Flexible Displays & Microelectronics Conference.

The system features a developmental high-temperature Lexan polycarbonate (PC) film from GE–Plastics combined with a transparent, ultra-high-barrier coating to help protect the OLED device against oxygen and moisture. This research, jointly funded by United States Display Consortium and GE, is designed to address the critical need for plastic substrates that can enable cost-effective, lightweight, flexible organic displays.

According to a GE spokesperson, GE’s development of a flexible plastic replacement for the glass substrates used in OLEDs opens the door to exciting new applications such as portable, ruggedized, and eventually roll-up displays.