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A new photoresist technology for organic semiconductors enabling submicron patterns

09/26/2013  Fujifilm and imec have developed a new photoresist technology for organic semiconductors that enables the realization of submicron patterns.

Emergence of low price LED solutions are pushing technology adoption toward general lighting

09/25/2013  Growth of the LED industry has come initially from the small display application and has been driven forward by the LCD display application.

Toward a truly white organic LED

09/13/2013  By inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor, University of Utah physicists were able to "tune" the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors – a step toward more efficient, less expensive and truly white organic LEDs for light bulbs of the future.

Flexible OLED market to rise to $100 million in 2014

09/11/2013  Following Samsung’s introduction of the first flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products this year, demand for these elastic displays is expected to grow by more than a factor of four next year, with sales reaching nearly $100 million in 2014.? ?

AMOLED compensation circuit patent analysis

09/10/2013  OLED, a self-light-emitting diode, has been touted as the next big thing in display technology for its exceptional properties including no need for a backlight, wide viewing angle, quick responding speed and low current consumption.

The flexible OLED sector grows slower than expected

08/27/2013 

After experiencing runaway growth in recent years, the OLED display market is gearing up to make another big leap.

Cost competitiveness of 6-inch LED chips outstrip that of 4-inch by 2015

08/09/2013 

Displaybank's recent market report on the cost competiveness of LED chips. This report conducts a thorough analysis on the supply price history, trends and forecast of main materials that compose packaged LEDs across the entire LED value chain.

Demand for key raw material set to double as LED market booms

08/07/2013 

Global demand for precursor, a material used in manufacturing of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), is set to more than double from 2012 to 2016, as the market for LED lighting booms.

LED oversupply likely to continue as suppliers add production capacity

08/02/2013 

Despite a major surplus in the light-emitting diode (LED) market, top suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production because of government incentives and in order to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business.

Two in one solution nanoparticle for low cost polymer LEDs and solar cells

07/24/2013 

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) researchers report considerable improvement in device performance of polymer-based optoelectronic devices.

Flexible display market to reach nearly 800 million unit shipments by 2020

06/06/2013 

Demand for flexible displays is set to undergo massive growth during the next seven years, with a broad variety of applications—ranging from smartphones to giant screens mounted on buildings—driving a nearly 250 times expansion in shipments from 2013 through 2020.

Solid-state lighting expert Bernhard Stapp named to board of Aledia

05/22/2013 

Aledia today announced that solid-state lighting (SSL) industry veteran Dr. Bernhard Stapp has joined its board of directors.

Printed, flexible and organic electronics sees 15.2% CAGR over the next decade

05/17/2013 

The new report from IDTechEx titled "Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics: Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2013-2023" finds that the total market for these technologies will grow from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023.

AMOLED panel shipments get boost from premium smartphones

04/25/2013 

Demand for 4-inch or larger AMOLED panels has continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 thanks to strong growth in the market for high-end smartphones with large screens, such as the Galaxy S and Note series by Samsung Electronics.

AMOLED panel makers: To chase or to lead, that is the question

04/19/2013 

In recent years, TFT-LCD technology has dominated the display panel market, everything from small, medium and large screens, to the point where all other rival display technologies such as e-paper, PDP, and CRT have steadily been losing their positioning.

Flexible OLED lighting developments in East Asia

04/16/2013 

OLED lighting developments are taking place worldwide, with a lot of the research focused on phosphorescent OLED materials, which have a theoretical luminous efficacy four times higher than fluorescent materials.

Cambrios opens Japan office

04/11/2013 

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, a developer of nanowire-based solutions for the transparent and flexible conductor markets, today announced the establishment of its branch office in Tokyo, Japan, and the appointment of Takashi Murayama as Country Manager for Japan.

US TV market set for second consecutive year of decline in 2013

04/09/2013 

U.S. television shipments are forecast to decline for a second year in a row in 2013, but growth will resume next year as the liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) segment regains some of the strength it had lost in the past year.

OLEDs and the beginning of the end for LCDs

04/01/2013 

LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in tough price competition for panel makers, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.

Following decline of 2012, global TV market won’t recover until 2015

04/01/2013 

Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli Worldwide Television Market Tracker Report from the IHS TV Systems Intelligence Service at information and analytics provider IHS.




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