Flexible Aluminum Electroluminescent Display - No Transparent Conductor Needed

video Flexible Aluminum Electroluminescent Display - No Transparent Conductor Needed

How to make a flexible display with aluminum foil, EL phosphors and a simple electrolytic etching bath.

SUNDERSHIVAH says: Feb 26, 2012. 10:16 AM

And one more thing i want this idea to the next level i need the assistance how many watts the layer per cm square is consumed? and how can the brightness of light can improved????

SUNDERSHIVAH says: Feb 26, 2012. 10:12 AM

Very nice efforts what are the other alternative illuminating ink please let me know... thanks... oh i like positive approach of seeing thinks !!!!

Dain Unicorn says: Feb 22, 2012. 2:05 PM

That offers so many possibilities, and your use of an erstwhile warning sticker is resonating with me. This along with EL wire might be a suitable means to offer low/no-light guidence, and since there is current flow it could be tested for my automated devices as well.

Bravo, very well done.

Geek++ says: May 31, 2011. 9:59 AM

This is so kewl that it forced me to get an account just so I could tell you that. lol Awesome stuff!

conundrum2142 says: Feb 12, 2011. 1:57 AM

this should also work with an ultrasound cleaner to porate the aluminium.
not as well but just takes a bit longer.

-A

LemurX says: Dec 16, 2010. 1:57 AM

Dielectric Ink = Dielectric Grease? :o

best_brothers says: Nov 30, 2010. 5:32 PM

SUPER LIKE!

Ma3oud says: Nov 22, 2010. 11:48 AM

where is the video??

bijikenyot says: Nov 18, 2010. 5:07 PM

hei..the video is already gone

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H.C.S. Studios says: Nov 18, 2010. 4:08 PM

This is so cool! I have got to try and make something with that electroluminescent phosphorous!
Please tell me, where can you get it?!

angel91250 says: Nov 18, 2010. 8:47 AM

Good job.
Does it require high voltage AC supply?

Electronician says: Nov 18, 2010. 12:57 PM

She said 20V limited to 1A.

angel91250 says: Nov 18, 2010. 3:55 PM

NONONO...What you said is electrolysis(video 1:05). But what I want to know is...how could she make it emit light(video 2:10)?

dark sponge says: Nov 18, 2010. 1:17 PM

No, that's just for the etching. For actually powering it, I'm pretty sure it uses a HV AC power supply.

BlueFusion says: Nov 18, 2010. 2:49 PM

About 100v AC at about 1000hz.

hogtowner says: Nov 18, 2010. 3:39 PM

That is just the COOLEST thing I have been e-mailed in a long time!!!

dacker says: Nov 18, 2010. 12:43 PM

A fantastic example of true science, turning a failure into something new, useful, and creative.

Like Post-It notes, microwaves for cooking, Teflon, and penicillin.

How about a bill of materials and suggested sources?

markhutch says: Nov 18, 2010. 12:42 PM

Do you have a supplier address for the dielectric insulator. And exactly what should we be googling for? dielectric insulator comes up with a gazillion types - yours looked like a paste of some sort?

loqwan says: Nov 18, 2010. 10:06 AM

Nice work, very cool.

mandanao says: Nov 18, 2010. 9:47 AM

Really a nice and clever design, compliments!

How much we had to wait for an Instructable concerning such a nice project?

I had some some difficulties to understand spoken English, sorry!

(And please accept my apologies for my horrible written English,too...)

Helder4u says: Nov 18, 2010. 9:25 AM

You are very illuster :-)

atlantica says: Nov 18, 2010. 8:52 AM

Is there anything so attractive as an intelligent woman with a sexy voice? Brilliant project.

CameronSS says: Nov 18, 2010. 8:51 AM

Jeri, you need to start including links back here on the videos! I saw this on YouTube yesterday but had completely forgotten you were on Ibles, too!

Very nice, by the way. I'm hoping for more porous aluminum foil projects.