{
  "id": 12705664,
  "title": "New display technology combines record brightness with pixels that stretch like rubber",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/new-display-technology-combines-record-brightness-with-pixels-that",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-display-technology-combines-brightness-pixels.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Scientists from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), UNIST and the Institute for Basic Science have developed a new foundational technology for ultra-high-resolution stretchable quantum dot displays. This stretchable QLED technology can maintain sharp image quality even when stretched like skin, a significant improvement over conventional displays that lose image quality as they are stretched. Conventional stretchable displays only stretch the wires connecting light-emitting regions, resulting in a decrease in light-emitting area and reduced image quality. The new technology, called LIFT (Lithography-Inktransfer-Printing), bonds quantum dots with an elastic polymer and transfers fine patterns onto a surface, enabling precise creation of high-resolution pixels. This breakthrough addresses the challenges of patterning soft, rubber-like stretchable light-emitting layers into fine pixels and improving color reproduction and brightness. The newly developed device achieved a pixel density of up to 16,000 pixels per inch and produced high-quality multicolor pixels using stretchable red, green and blue (RGB) light-emitting layers. The device's maximum brightness reached 53,300 nits, far surpassing the previous limit of 15,000 nits for stretchable light-emitting devices. The device also demonstrated stable operation and image quality even when stretched to approximately 65% beyond its original length. This research is significant as it simultaneously achieved fine pixel fabrication, improved light-emitting performance, and maintained stretchability by controlling surfaces and interfaces while using quantum dot composites.",
  "summary": "A research team led by Professor Jiwoong Yang of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has developed the world's first foundational technology for an ultrahigh-resolution stretchable quantum dot display (QLED) that can stretch freely like skin while maintaining sharp image quality. The findings were published in Nature Nanotechnology.",
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}