page_title: E Ink
hierarchical_section_title: E Ink
context_page_description: E Ink is a brand of electronic paper display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates J.D. Albert & Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson, Jerome Rubin and Russ Wilcox.
  It is currently available commercially in grayscale and color and is commonly used in mobile devices such as e-readers, and, to a lesser extent, digital signage, smartwatches, mobile phones, electronic shelf labels and architecture panels.
context_section_description: E Ink ("electronic ink") is a brand of electronic paper (e-paper) display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates J.D. Albert & Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson, Jerome Rubin and Russ Wilcox.
  It is currently available commercially in grayscale and color and is commonly used in mobile devices such as e-readers, and, to a lesser extent, digital signage, smartwatches, mobile phones,  electronic shelf labels and architecture panels.
caption: Scheme of the E Ink technology                                       LegendItem 1Upper layer 2Transparent electrode layer 3Transparent micro-capsules 4Positively charged white pigments 5Negatively charged black pigments 6Transparent oil 7Electrode pixel layer 8Bottom supporting layer 9Light 10White 11Black