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Samsung Display Accelerating Plans to Shift to QD OLED

by Bob O'Brien

We received reports this week concerning Samsung Display’s plans. We received reports this week concerning Samsung Display’s plans to build capacity for making Quantum Dot OLED (QD OLED) panels. QD OLED could be Samsung’s …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

E-Waste Day – You Just Missed it

by Norbert Hildebrand

Vacation! The time for relaxation and forgetting about the daily news for a while. Nevertheless it is kind of funny how our daily routine still kicks in when we see something unexpected and how …

Tags:eWaste| LCD Backlights| LCD displays| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 41| WEEE (Waste Directive)

Samsung Considering Big QD-OLED Investment

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has acknowledged that it is continuing to look at the possibility of using OLED substrates and materials to drive an architecture that exploits the work that it is doing to develop ‘QD Filter’ …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Materials Market| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Nanosys Patent Covers MicroLED/QDEF Efficiency Boost

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to DSCC who spotted that Nanosys has a patent application US 2018/0287025 A1 that was filed on March 25, 2018 and covers a revised structure for displays using quantum dot enhancement …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Nanophotonica Making Nice Strides in EL-QD Solution

by Chris Chinnock

Nanophotonica is a company that has already gotten the attention of many display developers, but they have not been too visible beyond their development partners so far. That may be changing as I recently …

Tags:Novel Displays| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 38

LG Display Investment in Nanosys is Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

We reported recently that LG had invested in QD developer and maker, Nanosys. We confirmed this as LG Display recently made the following statement in an SEC filing (in August). “In May 2018, we …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Quantum Materials Can Now Produce High-Purity, Low-Cost PQDs

by Andrew Fenn

US cadmium-free quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials says it has developed a continuous flow manufacturing process to produce stable, low-cost, high-purity perovskite quantum dots (PQDs). So far, the commercialisation of these materials has been …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Germany Pushing the Boundaries of EL QLED with Consortium

by Peter Palomaki

Merck. Osram. Fraunhofer. You couldn’t ask for a better team of scientists in Germany to tackle a challenging problem like electroluminescent QLED (EL-QLED). In a February 2018 announcement by Merck, we learned that Germany …

Tags:Automotive| Germany| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 25 - Issue 36

IFA is a Bit Dull

by Bob Raikes

The big topic at IFA this year was 8K as Samsung reacted to the success of LG Display’s OLEDs in the premium TV business. Samsung remains the biggest TV brand, by volume and value, …

Tags:GPUs| HFR - High Frame Rate| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Philips TVs ‘Not Just Another OLED’

by Bob Raikes

Philips held its usual big press conference in the back area of its booth, which is then used for supplier and partner meetings. The first topic was health and lifestyle and topics covered include …

Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Touch Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Samsung Celebrates 8K QLED Launch Digital Ad Campaign

by Andrew Fenn

At this year’s IFA, Samsung celebrated the launch of its QLED 8K TV with its “Perfect Reality” campaign, placing a series of advertisements at three landmarks in Berlin, Germany: the Berlin Congress Center, the …

Tags:Back Panel| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Quantum Dot LED Achieves 7,000-Hour Milestone

by Andrew Fenn

Quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials has announced successfully completing a 7,000 hour continuous on-time durability test for the company’s cadmium-free quantum dots in a remote LED application. The company says that the successful implementation …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 33