Review paper: A critical review of the present and future prospects for electronic paper

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-156

  Heikenfeld, Jason ^a   Drzaic, Paul ^b   Yeo, Jong Souk ^c   Koch, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Drzaic Consulting Services   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displays; Flexible structures; Optical materials; Reflection

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; DEVICE PHYSICS; DISPLAYS; E-PAPERS; ELECTRONIC DISPLAY; ELECTRONIC PAPER (E-PAPER); EMISSIVE DISPLAYS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; POSSIBLE FUTURES;

ELECTRONIC PAPER; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

PAPER;

DISPLAYS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PAPER; REFLECTION;

EID: 79951540596     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/JSID19.2.129     Document Type: Review

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