LED lighting new "light paper" technology

Rossini announced on his official social media Twitter that what the company did was very simple: we printed light. The company in Coeur d'Alene, Iowa, USA, is using a promotional video to introduce their "glossy paper" - the world's thinnest LED light, according to the company, it allows people to Apply it to almost any surface, in any shape, and under any circumstances.

Popular Science magazine described "light paper" as "a light-emitting area with a thin piece of paper." However, according to the physicist's organization website on December 1 (Beijing time), last month, the company’s marketing manager Nick Smetter said in the local media in Kolonda, Iowa that the best “glossy paper” "The definition should be "Use a patented process to print a mixture of LEDs and ink on a substrate."

Smuth emphasized that this product has great potential for application. They are considering printing a luminaire that saves even light bulbs. "As long as there is a light, you can use this kind of thing instead." He also said that people will eventually print their own designs of lights in the family. "Now we will print light for everyone, but we will eventually return this technology." In the hands of the people."

Is this just an application in the mind? Their answer is that, as long as they are not constrained by the scarcity of imagination, they will face an “unlimited market,” and they have provided detailed examples on the official website. This technology can illuminate the brand identity on the product, store light on the walls of the home, or create a wearable wristband with flashing time and message notifications. "Glossy paper is not just a platform for the presentation of light, we will try to explore all creative lighting." Smute said.

Taylor Hayes of Fast Company wrote an article about LED and ink mixtures printed on the conductor layer. “This conductor layer is sandwiched between two other layers of material, like a sandwich,” he said. “The supermicro diodes are just as big as red blood cells, scattered randomly over the material. When current passes through these diodes, it will be Light up."

Smuth said that according to Hays' introduction, several companies are currently using glossy paper, but they do not specify the names of these companies. Fast Company said that the "large-scale application" of glossy paper should be around the middle of next year. Hays said that before that, they will make a second version of glossy paper, which will take several months. The challenge now is how to position the diodes reasonably and clearly so as to emit uniform light.

Philips participated in the discussion of the LED, said that by 2025, the company's LED lights will create a new category of lighting projects up to 300 million US dollars. The company pointed out that the structure of LED lights is completely different from traditional light bulbs. "The magic is that LED lights have a simple and strong structure. The beauty of this structure is that it can be designed into a universal form that can be combined into many different shapes. This is really an exciting time."

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In the context of the global energy shortage continues to heat up, LED shows greater and greater application prospects. However, in addition to energy saving, LED's maneuverability has increasingly brought about changes in human lighting - our demand for lighting will not change, but the future "lights" will exist in name only, in this concept, perhaps in the future we will be in a room during the day Walls and ceilings are seen, and when the night falls, a certain area of ​​the ceiling will light up. In the future, we no longer go to the LED market to select the desired lighting fixtures. Instead, we go to the material market to choose the shiny areas you want. How technology will illuminate our future, new discoveries tell us that imagination can be even more bold.