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Slowing Down Light with a Twist

by Isaac Oburu

Researchers at the University of Ottawa observed that twisted light in a vacuum travels slower than the universal physical constant established as the speed of light by Einstein’s theory of relativity. Twisted light, which …

Tags:Lighting| OLETs (Organic Light Emitting Transistors)| Optical Bonding

LGD Plans G5 OLED Plant

by Tom Allen

LG Display is to construct a G5 OLED lighting fab in Gumi, South Korea. Initial capacity will be 15,000 substrates, which could be ramped up ‘depending on the market situation’. Analyst Comment LG showed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 23 - Issue 10

UDC Signs OLED Agreement with Osram

by Tom Allen

Universal Display Corp. (UDC) and Osram have signed a collaboration and evaluation agreement, which will see Osram begin sampling UDC’s phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) materials for use in lighting. The news comes just one month …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Osram| UDC| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Cree Achieves ‘Incandescent’ LED Quality at High LPW

by Tom Allen

Cree has demonstrated a high- brightness and high-efficiency LED, which delivers almost 1,600 lumens at 134 lumens-per-Watt (LPW). Colour quality is said to be similar to that of an incandescent light bulb. The result …

Tags:Cree| Large Display Monitor| LED| Light Sources & Lamps| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 07

TP Vision Wins Best Cinematography

by Isaac Oburu

TP Vision’s movie ‘Afterglow’, which was shown at IFA (There’s a Sparkle at IFA…), has been given an accolade with a special feature in National Geographic. The film has also won two awards – …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 23 - Issue 05

CPI Shows Flexible OLED

by Milos Pavlovic

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK R&D institute, has shown off a flexible OLED lighting panel in a video. The panel was produced at the CPI’s own prototype line, which supports both …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 03

IDTechEx: OLEDs Will Drive Flexible Automotive Market

by Tom Allen

IDTechEx says that the market for printed and flexible electronics in automotive applications will grow from around $400 million this year, to more than $5.5 billion in 2026. There are many technologies in the …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Devices| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Plessey Looking at Cubic GaN for Efficient Green LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Plessey, Anvil Semiconductors and the University of Cambridge said that they are working together to fabricate high efficiency LEDs in cubic GaN grown on Anvil’s 3C-SiC / Si substrates. The group said that Cubic …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 02

LG Completes Internal OLED Sale

by Tom Allen

The sale of LG’s OLED lighting business to LG Display, from LG Chemical (LG Display Takes LG Chem’s OLED Business) has been completed. It is part of the move to consolidate all of LG’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Philips Drive Lighting and Displays Together

by Phillip Wright

Philips Lighting, with several recent press releases, is making it plain that the firm plans to remain an innovator in developing new higher value added solid state lighting applications. Philips’ press releases span a …

Tags:Digital Signage| LED| Lighting| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 50

MCC and Pioneer Schedule OLED Mass Production

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer Corporation say that they have developed a dimmable, colour-tunable OLED lighting panel using a wet-coat process. According to the companies, the new panel can be produced for ‘less than one-third’ …

Tags:Lighting| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 50

CES Invitations I Didn’t Answer

by Ken Werner

If you register for the Consumer Electronics Show as an analyst or member of the press, the CES folks distribute your contact info to all of the CES exhibitors. Many of these exhibitors then …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Lighting| Vol 22 - Issue 49