Corning Outdoes Itself Again with Lotus Glass

One might think that inventing a new display material wouldn't be such a big deal, but Corning made it a big deal once and, now, did it a second time.

Corning made an official announcement in which it reveals that it invented a new type of glass that will have more than one benefit when used in displays.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels, as well as OLED, will benefit if they choose the so-called Corning Lotus Glass.

Not only will they get to use less energy, but the picture quality will be boosted as well.

The main asset, which enabled these two advantages, is the thermal and dimensional stability of the Lotus glass.

Both greater resolutions and faster response times are enabled by it, along with form retention during hot processing.

As such, makers of screens won't have to worry as much about the possibility of the glass warping under heat.

“Corning Lotus Glass has a high annealing point that delivers the thermal and dimensional stability our customers require to produce high-performance displays,” said Andrew Filson, worldwide commercial director, Display Technologies, and vice president, Corning Holding Japan GK.

“Because of its intrinsic stability, it can withstand the thermal cycles of customer processing better than conventional LCD glass substrates. This enables tighter design rules in advanced backplanes for higher resolution and faster response time.”

Anyone who already knows of Corning probably came to hear the name from how its Gorilla Glass has been showing up in rugged (and even not so rugged) devices, there to protect screens from heavy-duty work hazards.

The Lotus may not have the same level of durability, but it will probably have just as great a success, if not greater, knowing how sought power efficiency is, especially when it comes in tow with better picture quality.

“Corning will continue to develop innovative glass compositions to enable the high-performance displays that will drive tomorrow's consumer electronics,” Filson said.