LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, has announced its unveiling of the world’s first Stretchable display capable of expanding up to 50%, the highest rate of elongation in the industry.
At LG Science Park in Seoul on November 8, the company demonstrated the panel at a meeting of more than 100 South Korean industry, academia and research stakeholders involved in a Stretchable display national project.
Stretchable displays are seen as the ultimate free-form screen technology because they can be freely transformed into any shape, including by stretching, folding, and twisting.
The new prototype features a 12-inch screen that stretches up to 18 inches, while simultaneously delivering a high resolution of 100 pixels per inch and full red, green and blue color.
Compared to the first Stretchable display prototype unveiled in 2022, the new panel’s maximum elongation rate has more than doubled from 20% to 50%. This enhanced stretchability enables various display design possibilities, raising the technology’s potential competitiveness when commercialized.
By applying a number of new technologies, such as improving the properties of a special silicon material substrate used in contact lenses and developing a new wiring design structure, LG Display improved the panel’s stretchability and flexibility, exceeding the original national project’s target of 20% elongation.
“We will continue to build a sustainable future display ecosystem through close cooperation between South Korean industry, academia and research stakeholders,” said Soo-young Yoon, chief technology officer and executive vice president of LG Display.
