Pr. Ricardo Izquierdo on Le code Chastenay

Le code Chastenay

On January 7, Télé-Québec launched a new scientific program: Le Code Chastenay. Hosted by Pierre Chastenay, this scientific magazine is interested in the impact, in our lives, of all new research in the various scientific fields. On the program for his program on January 14 at 8 p.m., we could see Pr. Ricardo Izquierdo, professor at NanoQAM and Department of Computer Science at UQAM talking about the race for electronic paper.

Electronic paper

Cell phones, handheld computers and MP3 players will soon appear on the Quebec market with new, thinner and more contrasted screens. But this is just the start. Researchers around the world are competing fiercely to go even further. They want to create a type of screen that is so thin that it will be flexible. We call it electronic paper. In this world race, the secret weapon of Quebecers is nanotechnology or the science of the infinitely small …