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Glass meets flexibility
Author(s) -
Junghähnel Manuela,
Garner Sean
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vakuum in forschung und praxis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.213
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1522-2454
pISSN - 0947-076X
DOI - 10.1002/vipr.201400562
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , materials science , transparency (behavior) , willow , polymer , composite material , engineering physics , engineering , computer science , ecology , statistics , mathematics , computer security , biology
Flexible glass, such as ultra‐slim Corning® Willow® Glass, produced at thicknesses lower than 200 micron has the ability to bend, while maintaining perfect barrier properties, superior surface quality, greater transparency, and high temperature processing, outperforming polymers. At the same time it has the potential to be used in roll‐to‐roll large area processing. These qualities make flexible glass an outstanding material for displays, touch panels, thinfilm batteries and photovoltaic (PV) products.