Objective The NANOPAGE project will focus on the development of a flexible large area display made by assembly of microCRTs into a polymer canvas. Those microCRTs are millimetre size cold-emission cathode ray tubes, used as elementary color dots, 3 microCRTs, red, green and blue, making a complete pixel. Those microCRTs use nanometer scale Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) as cold electron sources. The first type of microCRTs, with a 3 mm diameter, will allow building a 4x3 m panel with SVGA (800 x600) resolution.The main tasks are:- to industrialize a low-cost lab proven technique for controlled growth of vertically aligned CNTs.- to develop highly automated assembly techniques to manufacture the miniature vacuum tubes in large quantities and to mount them on the polymer substrate.- to develop an innovative addressing scheme, where a miniature microchip is mounted on each microCRT.This scheme allows to:- bend, cut or repair the display as there is no peripheral drivers- control locally the microCRTs light emission- correct non uniformities due to manufacturing or aging.Cost targets are integral part of the project objectives, to insure a very competitive pricing of the end product. We will carefully consider the product recycling and avoid any use of lead, mercury or other toxic materials. It is expected that the low cost and flexibility of such a display product will significantly increase the large area display market as it should open up new applications which are today limited by the performance of existing large area display solutions.As those microCRTs are small tubes, manufacturing does not require a large size reactor, oven or other expensive equipment, so the capital investment for a complete line is moderate and modular, adjustable to the production volume. This limited and progressive funding requirement, together with automation, gives a significant chance to implement the manufacturing line in Europe, as anticipated. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologynanotechnologynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Keywords Nanotechnology Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.2.1 - Advanced displays Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 Address 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BARCO NV Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address President kennedypark 35 8500 Kortrijk See on map CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3, rue michel-ange 75794 Paris See on map COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31-33 rue de la federation 75752 Paris cedex 15 See on map COMMUNAUT?'AGGLOM?TION PAU PYR?ES France EU contribution € 0,00 Address H?tel de france 2bis place royale 64010 Pau See on map FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR F?RDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Muenchen See on map INANOV SAS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2, rue cazotte 75018 Paris See on map INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM VZW Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kapeldreef 75 B-3001 Leuven See on map PLASSYS SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 14, rue de la gare 91630 Marolles en hurepoix See on map SAES GETTERS S.P.A. Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale italia 77 20020 Lainate (mi) See on map TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strasse des 17. juni 135 Berlin See on map Links Website Opens in new window
