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Kirigami-inspired display stretches 200% without losing a pixel
- Researchers in South Korea develop a breakthrough in stretchable screen technology inspired by kirigami.
- The team creates the world's first stretchable display that can expand evenly up to twice its size without losing quality.
- Featured in Advanced Functional Materials, the stretchable screens could revolutionize display technology.
- Flexible screens face challenges with uneven stretching causing distorted images.
- Current flexible screens use hard parts connected by wires, limiting expansion and quality.
- Soft, rubbery materials are more ideal for stretchable displays but stretch unevenly.
- POSTECH team uses kirigami-inspired cuts on rubbery material to enable even stretching.
- The tiny cuts help spread stretching force evenly across the screen, maintaining uniformity.
- Adding 'strain stoppers' helps control and limit stretch directions for better screen behavior.
- Special material used, chiral liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE), changes color when stretched, ideal for security applications.
- CLCE allows for displaying hidden patterns visible only when stretched, enhancing security measures.
- The innovative approach opens possibilities for wearable tech, secure devices, and flexible displays.
- Professor Su Seok Choi highlights solving uneven stretching as crucial for practical stretchable screens.
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