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Flexible circuit boards are ubiquitous components in electronic products, and eventually the substrate of image displays will soon be made of flexible materials as well. Plastics are prospective candidates due to their inherent flexibility and optical qualities, but they also present large thermal expansion. The expansion of the substrate has to be compatible with those of the active layers deposited on it, to avoid damages during the thermal cycles involved in the display manufacture. One way to reduce the thermal expansion of plastics is to reinforce them with nanofibers, without significant loss of transparency. Nanofibers are available in large amounts in the form of cellulose in nature, being produced by plants and animals. Here some of the researches to produce optically transparent composites based on natural nanofibers for use in flexible displays are presented and discussed.
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Nakagaito, A.N., Takagi, H. (2015). Optically Transparent Nanocomposites. In: Pandey, J., Takagi, H., Nakagaito, A., Kim, HJ. (eds) Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing, Performance and Application. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45232-1_68
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