Phone Displays Could Soon Stretch to Become Tablet, Wrap around the Wrist like Watch

When mobile phones were originally introduced, they were large and unsightly. After then, other researchers focused on making them more compact and appealing. People progressively became more accepting of the technology since it allowed them to converse while on the move. Since then, there have been significant improvements to meet the needs of the consumers. A group of academics has devised a means to make the mobile phone versatile - you can fold it up and store it in your pocket or wallet, expand the screen to make it a tablet, or wrap it around your wrist like a watch, according to the researchers.

Researchers at Washington University's McKelvey School of Engineering have enabled the next stage in the development of digital displays. The researchers, led by Chuan Wang, Assistant Professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, have discovered a new material that combines the best of both technologies — LEDs and OLEDs — as well as a novel fabrication method that involves an inkjet printer.