Shanjin Optoelectronics Investing $847M in High-End Polarizers
by Emory Kale
The project aims to produce 40 million square meters of polarizers annually.
Tags:China| LCD| OLED| Polarisers
Nanoscale Display Precision: Scalable Fabrication of Quantum Dot and Quantum Rod Arrays Using DNA Origami
by Emory Kale
The challenge has always been to scale up quantum rods for practical applications while maintaining their desired alignment. MIT researchers have found an ingenious solution using DNA.
Tags:Polarisers| Quantum Dots| Quantum Rods| research| showcase
Colour Shifts, BEFs and Quantum Dots
by Bob Raikes
Display Daily contributor Pete Palomaki recently had fun tearing down a Vizio Quantum Dot-enhanced TV and published a YouTube video to show how the backlight worked and the effect of the Quantum Dots. He …
Tags:LCD Backlights| LED| Optics| Polarisers| Quantum Dots
OLEDs Getting Better Efficiency for IT Applications
by Bob Raikes
A couple of weeks ago, I spotted a quote by Ross Young of DSCC in an interview where he said that “There are a number of near-term advances expected in reducing power ….. These …
Tags:Materials| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Polarisers
BenQ Materials ships polarizers for smartphone-use flexible OLED
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say Digitimes reported that BenQ Materials has started shipping polarisers for flexible OLEDs in smartphones and is hoping to have them used for OLED TV panels. The blog also said that the …
Tags:Film materials| Polarisers
Nitto Denko Challenges Flexibility With LCD
by Bob Raikes
At the recent Display Week, there were many papers presented on rollable and flexible displays and Samsung set out the importance and significance of stretchable displays. Most of the talks focused on OLEDs, but …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| LCD Panels| Polarisers| R&D (Research & Development)| SID Display Week 2021
Samsung’s Z Fold 3 Thinning Innovations Could Make All Flexible OLEDs Brighter
by Barry Young
In Samsung’s quest to make OLED panels thinner, the company discovered a way to increase the luminance by 20% to 30%. The typical OLED panel configuration, includes: An active matrix using LTPS or IGZO …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| OLEDs| Polarisers| Samsung Display
New Insights on How SDC Will Introduce Polarizer-Free OLEDs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say DSCC has followed up a report by the Korean ET News that explain that Samsung is adopting a concept of polariser-less displays, called POL-LESS OLEDs (the terms On Cell Polarizers (OCP) …
Tags:Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Polarisers| Samsung
New perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Scientists at the University of Utah and the NREL have developed a new LED that is said to use spintronics to produce light that is circularly polarised. The LEDs do not …
Tags:PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Polarisers
Polarizer supply to improve in 2H21, says BenQ Materials chairman
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Digitimes reported a comment from the chairman of BenQ Materials that suggested that the ramp-up of new capacity from Chinese makers would ease the current tight supply of polariser film, although …
Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Polarisers
Taiwan’s Acer says component shortage squeezes PC makers
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Nikkei has published a report on supply chain issues for technology companies, with quotes from Acer. Issues that are impacting device and display makers include: Semiconductors, water & glass (as …
Tags:Glass| Polarisers| Production Equipment| Semiconductor Market
Developments Regarding LEDs that Can Directionally Emit Polarized Light
by Arthur Berman
A team of researchers headed by Xiangyu Fu in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) are developing a means to control the direction and polarization of …
Tags:LED| OLEDs| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Polarisers
