Transparent TV screens have some useful applications, not least for in-store and Digital Out-of-home usage. South Korea’s non-profit government-funded Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) say that new technology can produce ultra-large 100-inch Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) and where mass production could lead to lower production costs and still able to generate HD images with claims of “exceptional colour and clarity”.

A report in Display Daily by Emory Kale says that the NTS devices are made from film which is as thin as a human hair and using Titanium Oxide (TiO2) which can ensure clear images even when viewed at a wide 170-degree angle. The production/price ratio is said to be 10-times cheaper than rival transparent OLEDs.

KIMM is now commercialising its technology and working with Meta2People, a private company initially funder by KIMM, and where the technology is made via a roll-to-roll process in which a sheet of film is treated with tiny particles of titanium dioxide.

Currently, a 100” OLED screen might cost (Korea Won) 100,000 (about €66,000) and slashing that cost by some 90 per cent would open up new markets including domestic installations.

KIMM Principal Researcher, Jun-Ho Jeong, commented: “The technology for manufacturing NTS screens is a cutting-edge, innovative technology created through the combination of nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing technology with existing IT technologies […] Going forward, we will focus on research and development to continuously improve the quality of NTSs and lead the popularisation of transparent screens.”

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