Computer that roll up like paper in the offing

                Ultrathin an lightweight computers that roll up like a piece of paper may be closer to reality, thanks to highly flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) developed by Korean scientists. The OLEDs have excellent efficiency and make use of graphene as a transparent electrode. OLEDs, built upon a plastic substrate, have received greater attention lately for their use in next-generation displays that can be bent or rolled while still operating.

                Researchers led by Seunghyup Yoo from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tae-Woo Lee from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea used graphene as a transparent electrode (TE) which is placed in between titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and conducting polymer layers. This is an optical design that induces a synergistic collaboration between the high-n and low-n layers to increase the effective reflectance of TEs. Under this approach, graphene-based OLED devices remain intact and operate well even after 1,000 bending cycles at a radius of curvature as small as 2.3mm.