Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Seongcheol Mun

Sung Ryul Yun

Seung Koo Park

Bong Je Park

Suntak Park

Jeong Mook Lim

Inwook Hwang

Jeong Muk Lim

Mi Jeong Choi

Ki Uk Kyung

Ki-Uk Kyung

Eun Jin Shin

Saekwang Nam

JaeWoong Yoon

Sungryul Yun

Provided are a composition for a light transmittance control film, and a light transmittance control film. According to the inventive concept, the light transmittance control film includes a matrix part including a copolymer and a polymer chain which is grafted to the copolymer, and a dispersed part including a polymer derived from a first monomer, and are provided in the matrix part, wherein the polymer chain is derived from the first monomer, first light transmittance is shown while external force is applied, and second light transmittance which is greater than the first light transmittance may be shown after the external force is removed.

Light transmittance control film and composition for the light transmittance control film

Provided is a stereoscopic surface display device including a stereoscopic display unit having a cell area, wherein the stereoscopic display unit includes a first flexible layer, a first optical waveguide and a first optical output unit in the first flexible layer, wherein the first optical output unit are disposed in the cell area, a first light source disposed on a side of the stereoscopic display unit, wherein the first optical waveguide connects the first light source and the first optical output unit, a first photothermal response layer on the first flexible layer, wherein the first photothermal response layer is configured to receive output light emitted from the first optical output unit and emit thermal energy, and a shape deformation layer on the first photothermal response layer, wherein the shape deformation layer is configured to generate bending deformation by receiving the thermal energy from the first photothermal response layer.

Stereoscopic surface display device and operation method of the same

Provided is a soft actuator. The soft actuator includes a first bistable polymer layer, a second bistable polymer layer on the first bistable polymer layer, a first flexible electrode layer on an upper surface of the second bistable polymer layer, a second flexible electrode layer between the first bistable polymer layer and the second bistable polymer layer, a first light absorption heating layer disposed on the first flexible electrode layer and configured to increase a temperature when light is absorbed, and a first voltage supply unit, wherein the first voltage supply unit is electrically connected to the first flexible electrode layer and the second flexible electrode layer.

Soft actuator and artificial muscle including the same

The present invention relates to a shape-variable electronic device and an operation method of the same and, more specifically, the shape-variable electronic device includes: a substrate having a cell region; a light source unit on the cell region; and a flexible layer vertically spaced apart from the light source unit. The flexible layer includes an actuator part that changes a shape of the flexible layer, and the actuator part includes: a photo-thermal response part that receives light emitted from the light source unit and generates thermal energy; a deformation part which receives the thermal energy from the photo-thermal response part and of which mechanical stiffness is reduced; and a top electrode and a bottom electrode on both surfaces of the deformation part, respectively.

Shape-variable electronic device and operation method of the same

Provided are a composition for a light transmittance control film, and a light transmittance control film. According to the inventive concept, the light transmittance control film includes a matrix part including a copolymer and a polymer chain which is grafted to the copolymer; and a dispersed part including a polymer derived from a first monomer, and are provided in the matrix part, wherein the polymer chain is derived from the first monomer, first light transmittance is shown while external force is applied, and second light transmittance which is greater than the first light transmittance may be shown after the external force is removed.

A reflective active variable lens includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode disposed in parallel to the upper electrode, a deformation part disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, a reflective part disposed on the upper electrode, and a support part disposed to surround the deformation part. Here, the deformation part and the support part are connected to each other to provide a single structure, the deformation part is expanded from an initial shape when an electric field is formed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and the expanded deformation part is contracted when the electric field is removed and restored to the initial shape.

Reflective active variable lens and method of fabricating the same

An artificial muscle includes a first stress transmission part and a second stress transmission part, which are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a contraction coil spring provided between the first and second stress transmission parts to pull the first and second stress transmission parts, and an expansion part provided between the first and second stress transmission parts to push the first and second stress transmission parts. The contraction coil spring has a shape of a spring progressing in the first direction, and the contraction coil spring is contracted by heat.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seongcheol Mun