In a much anticipated and often discussed possibility in OLEDs, OLEDWorks LLC announced the availability of the Wave, which the company boasts is the first commercially available OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting platform on flexible glass. The appropriately named new product, the Wave, is part of OLEDWorks LumiCurve product family …
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Fraunhofer FEP Scientists Showcase Small OLED-display-based VR Headset Prototype
During during the awe Europe 2018, Scientists from Fraunhofer FEP presented a LOMID headset prototype. The new prototype uses four OLED display panels in a 3D printed device. Fraunhofer scientists designed the device to begin to overcome motion sickness, a common issue among VR users. According to Fraunhofer, the motion …
South Korean Government Funds OLED Display Production and Research Facility
The South Korean government will open an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) manufacturing facility and research and development center in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, according to a Pulse News article. The government will invest about 528 billion won ($467.8 million) over the next seven years, the largest-ever for a state-led research …
LG Display Showcases Bendable OLED Panels Called Luflex
LG Display is showcasing its latest OLED lighting advancements at Light+Building 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany, from March 18 to 23. Among the OLED technologies that the company will show is the newly launched Luflex brand of bendable and rollable OLED panels. With the theme of “Infinite Light,” LG Display will …
Merck Leading Quantum Material Development Project for Lighting and Displays
Merck KGaA, a science and technology firm headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, launched a joint project along with partners in industry and science to conduct basic research about using quantum materials as light sources and display components. The goal of the research is to deliver ultrapure colors and higher energy efficiency …
on February 1, 2018 in Organic LEDs (OLEDs), LED Materials (GaN, GaAs, etc.) and Equipment, OLED Equipment/Materials - CS/SSLnet, Latest News
KAIST Researchers Fabricate OLED on a Fiber Thinner Than Human Hair
KAIST researchers have reportedly developed a technology for fabricating high-performance organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) on thinner fibers than hair, according to an article from ETNews of South Korea. The fabrication method utilizes a “dipcoating process” which Choi Kyung-cheol, professor of electrical engineering and electronics, and Dr. Kwon Sun Il, …
Lighting Polymers Introduces Circular Polarizer for OLED Displays
Light Polymers, a nanochemistry startup based in San Francisco, California USA, announced a next-generation circular polarizer for OLED displays utilizing the company’s lyotropic liquid crystal technology. The company says that it proprietary nanochemistry to create a circular polarizer at 45 µm. Furthermore, the firm contends that its polarizers are thinner …
LG Display Begins Mass Production at Gen 5 OLED Light Panel Production Line
LG Display reported that the company began mass production at its new Gen 5 OLED light panel production line in Gumi, Korea. The company has also launched its new OLED light brand, Luflex. With these actions, the company intends to lead the lighting market and boost the nascent sector around …
Universal Displays Completes $15 Million Investment in PPG Facility
PPG and Universal Display Corporation reported the completion of Universal Display’s $15 million investment in PPG’s Barberton, Ohio, production facility. The investment will go towards doubling the facility’s commercial production capacity of Universal Display’s proprietary UniversalPHOLED® phosphorescent OLED emitters. Universal display says that the investment will also add more than …
Idemitsu and Toray to Collaborate on OLED Material Development
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan reports that it has agreed to collaborate with Toray on developing new OLED materials and material evaluation. Furthermore, as part of the agreement, the companies plan to cooperate and use their assets including both evaluation and production facilities to improve the performance and …
