THE SKINNY ON FLATSCREEN DISPLAYS
JEAN-FRANÇOIS TREMBLAY · Chemical & Engineering News · 1999
ALondoner sits casually at the terrace of a cafe in Hong Kong. His mobile phone keeps him in touch with friends and colleagues back home. Before his important sales presentation that afternoon, he scans the data he carries with him in his portable computer. Then, he modifies his graphics to incorporate new information he just obtained. These days, work or communication can take place virtually anywhere at any time. Some find this stressful and others, reassuring. But there is no longer a need to remain at home or in the office to work and stay in touch with others. One key element in this evolution has been advances in display technology over the past few decades. Portable computers or handheld devices would not exist at all without a means to do away with bulky cathode ray tubes. Flat displays that use liquid crystals are key components of personal information managers, most mobile phones, portable computers, ...