Flexible OLED Mobile displays
An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound which emits light in response to an electric current.
Samsung has officially launched their YOUM flexible OLED technology. While the YOUM brand was shown back in April 2012, it is now officially the name of Samsung's plastic-based flexible OLED
panel products. The company didn't reveal any new technical details,
nor did they say when they'll start shipping products based on those
panels (or ship panels to other customers) - but it seems that they are
getting closer and closer to mass production. Personally I think we'll still have to wait a year (at least) for them to overcome all technical issues with production.
While we don't have any interesting facts to tell here, we do have some
cool videos - showing a bendable panel and also devices that use curved
YOUM displays. One of those devices (shown below).
Samsung's flexible AMOLEDs will be fabricated on a plastic (Polyimide)
substrate and will be able to withstand high temperature (up to 350-400
degrees). The displays can be bendable - and rolled down to a two
centimeter radius. Back in May 2011 Samsung announced a joint venture with Japan's Ube Kosan to develop and produce polyimide resin - to be used as substrates for their flexible displays in a $18 million investment.
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