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LG Display is Being Coy about Brightness Boost

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The eagle-eyed of you (and those that read to the end!) may have spotted a comment from Barry Young in his article yesterday (Dispelling the Myths of MiniLED TVs Impact on …

Tags:OLED Materials| OLEDs| Polarisers

An Update on Circularly Polarized Light Emission in OLED Polymers

by Arthur Berman

Polymers that emit circularly polarized light have the potential to enable more efficient OLED displays. However, at this time, the origin of circular polarized light emission in such materials is not well understood. Now, …

Tags:Materials| OLED Materials| Polarisers

Chiral OLED

Pasta-shaped structures explain chiral light emission in polymers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Imperial College, London, have developed a way to make OLEDs that emit chiral light (efficiently polarised. The material is based on ‘fusilli pasta’-shaped layers which can be created using …

Tags:OLEDs| Polarisers| R&D (Research & Development)

BenQ Materials sampling circular polarizers for foldable phones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BenQ Materials has started production of OLED OLED circular polarisers for wearable applications and is sampling polarisers for smartphones according to Digitimes who spoke to the firm’s president, Ray Liu. The …

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What Bob Saw on the Net 03/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) AUO …

Tags:AUO| Aviation| BenQ| Canon| Daktronics| Digital Signage| Financial Data| LED| Mediatek| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Polarisers| Production Technology| QSRs & Menu Boards| Retail| Semiconductor Market| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

IHS: Tight Supplies Impede LCD Panel Cost Reduction in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Tight supplies of display panel materials and components, such as driver integrated circuits (ICs), glass substrates and polarisers, are expected to slow the decline rate of LCD panel costs, according to IHS Markit. Supplies …

Tags:Display Drivers| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Kirigami Produces Unique Nanoscale Optical Elements

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting as well as folding) are ancient arts. Nano-kirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years, targeting …

Tags:Film materials| MEMS| MIT| Polarisers| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Light Polymers Claims Thinnest OLED Polarizer

by Bob Raikes

Light Polymers of California has said that it has developed a new circular polariser for OLED displays using its lyotropic liquid crystal technology that is 45µm thick and the thinnest in the industry, the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Polarisers| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Light Polymers Raises Funding for OLED Expansion

by Alan Spencer

Light Polymers has announced a $24.3 million funding round, so that it can expand research and development and scale up the chemistry and film production of its 35 micron-thick OLED circular polariser. The company …

Tags:Film materials| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Polarisers| Vol 24 - Issue 11

GTK’s After-Market Film Widens Viewing Angles

by Tom Allen

UK-based GTK has created a new polariser called the ‘O-Film’, which is said to improve viewing angles when applied to displays. GTK’s Clive Dickinson, a business manager, says that the O-Film can be used …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Vol 22 - Issue 52| Wide Viewing Angles

ImagineOptix Shows Polarization-Based Waveguide for AR Headsets

by Chris Chinnock

ImagineOptix has been on our radar for a few years because of its development of a Polarization Grating – Polarization Conversion System (PG-PCS). This is a clever technology that uses liquid crystal based polymer …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Polarisers| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Waveguide Display| Wearables