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First thoughts from SID Display Week 2022

by Peter Palomaki

I write this article with exuberance at the end of an exhausting week. I arrived in San Jose for SID Display Week on Saturday night, and since Sunday morning I have not stopped moving, …

Revisiting Color Gamut with Quantum Dots

by Peter Palomaki

As a QD expert I can’t help but think A LOT about color gamut. And frequent readers know how important this is in display technology these days. While there have been updates to the …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Quantum Dots| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Deuterium in OLED

by Peter Palomaki

If you have been following the CES updates you have no doubt heard from LG about their newest OLED called “OLED EX” and their claim of “Deuterium-based stability.” So what in the world is …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs

Creating color from blue miniLEDs. Investigating the inner workings of Apple’s new iPad and MacBook Pro

by Peter Palomaki

With miniLEDs now squarely in the passing lane as the next big display revolution, it’s important to consider how these miniLEDs are currently being implemented in LCD technology. More specifically, how they are creating …

Tags:Apple| Phosphors| Quantum Dots| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

QD Forum 2021 – A Picture Blog

by Peter Palomaki

With the absence of in-person conferences we miss out on the personal nature of attending an event. Shaking hands, chatting, meeting new people, awkwardly trying to remember someone’s name or how you know them. …

Quantum Dots in Everyday Life

by Peter Palomaki

5 years ago everything started to change. When making small talk with a new acquaintance who asked “So what do you do?” I used to make a valiant attempt at describing quantum dots and …

Tags:Education| Quantum Dots

Will Nanosys Go Public?

by Peter Palomaki

Perhaps it’s not news to some of you, since our trusted editor Bob pointed out last week that Nanosys has been rumored to be exploring an option to go public via a SPAC. I …

Tags:Investment| Mergers & Acquisitions| Nanosys| Quantum Dots

Quantum Dot Round-up at SID Display Week 2021

by Peter Palomaki

It has come and gone again. Display Week 2021 is in the books, although I continue to pick up a few talks here and there since they are all online for another few months. …

Innovations Abound at TechBlick Quantum Dot Conference

by Peter Palomaki

Even though SID Display Week started this week, I could not help myself from attending a new conference last week with a heavy focus on quantum dot technologies. Since I also dabble in technology …

Tags:Perovskite| Quantum Dots

Counterpoint: Why Cadmium QDs Won’t Die

by Peter Palomaki

It has been said that a good lawyer must be able to argue both sides of a case to be effective. While I don’t have a law degree, I will take the stand here …

Tags:Health and Safety| Quantum Dots| ROHS

Cadmium-containing QDs are on the Chopping Block – RoHS update 2021

by Peter Palomaki

It’s no secret that the quantum dot industry has a love/hate relationship with the element cadmium (Cd). It is a common element used in QD technology, and QD types that utilize Cd (CdSe in …

Tags:Environment| Quantum Dots

Twelve Displays of Christmas

by Peter Palomaki

Many of you will be familiar with the song, “The 12 days of Christmas”, so this holiday season I decided to catalog twelve of the displays I encounter most in my daily life with …