Willow Glass
Willow Glass (English literally for " Weiden - glass ") is an extremely thin, flexible borosilicate glass company Corning , which for screens and touch screen -Displays for smartphones , tablets and notebooks , as well as in the field of lighting technology , or flexible solar cells can be used.
Manufacturing
The production of a display with Willow Glass should - similar to the process of printing newspapers - be possible with rollers.
Technical details
- Thickness: 0.1-0.2 millimeters; this is roughly the thickness of a sheet of paper and allows smartphone displays to shrink to less than a seventh of their original thickness.
- Width: 50–100 cm wide rolls
- Length: up to 300 meters
According to the manufacturer, it is heat-resistant up to 500 ° C, flexible, scratch-resistant and lightweight; it should also be suitable as impermeable moisture and oxygen protection for sensitive components. According to forecasts by Corning , Willow glass will be used in the future primarily because of the cost-effective manufacturing method.
marketing
The displays were presented for the first time at the Display Week trade fair on June 4, 2012 in Boston . The company Corning is known as a supplier for the scratch-resistant " Gorilla Glass " of many smartphones . The production in large quantities is not yet possible, the new glass to be produced in large numbers but in the future. It is not yet known when the first devices will come onto the market . Customers have already been supplied with samples in order to be able to develop new displays and touch technologies.
Web links
- Application examples, You Tube (English)
- Promotional video of the production, You Tube (English)
- Datasheet (PDF, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Apple supplier Corning shows flexible Willow Glass. Giga.de, June 5, 2012
- ↑ Willow Glass: As hard as Gorilla Glass - but flexible. Android-Hilfe.de, June 4, 2012
- ↑ Willow glass: paper-thin, flexible, heat-resistant. Onlinekosten.de, June 7, 2012
- ↑ a b c d e Jens Ihlenfeld: Extremely thin and flexible glass from Corning. Golem.de, June 5, 2012
- ^ Corning Willow Glass Fact Sheet (PDF) ( June 11, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) at corning.com, accessed June 20, 2012
- ↑ Jeremy A. Kaplan: Corning reveals astounding roll-up Willow glass for flexible displays. foxnews.com, June 4, 2012
- ↑ Gorilla glass manufacturer develops flexible glass. Spiegel.de, June 6, 2012
- ^ Casey Johnston: http://arstechnica.com New Willow Glass is rollable and paper-thin. Arstechnica.com, June 5, 2012
- ↑ Corning Willow Glass: Thin and flexible Gorilla Glass. droid4ever.at, June 8, 2012
- ↑ Willow glass: paper-thin, flexible, heat-resistant. dslteam.de, June 7, 2012
- ↑ www.apfelnews.eu Corning shows thin, flexible Willow glass. Apfelnews.eu, June 5, 2012
- ↑ Florian Kalenda: Competitors Schott and Corning present glass covers for mobile displays. zdnet.de, June 6, 2012
- ↑ Corning presents pliable Willow Glass. Telekom-presse.at, June 4, 2012
- ↑ a b Extremely thin "Willow Glass" for smartphones. Derstandard.at, June 5, 2012
- ↑ Willow Glass: ultra-thin glass can 'wrap' around devices. bbc.com, June 5, 2012