The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants (Phase I Release 3) targeting advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. Applied Nanotech, Inc. and Universal Display Corporation will each explore the technical merit or feasibility of an innovative concept or technology. ...
Lunera Lighting, Inc., an LED lighting solutions leader, announced its expansion to a new manufacturing and design facility in Anaheim, California. The facility, in addition to Lunera’s headquarters in Redwood City, will play a central role in the company’s ambition to continuously innovate on its LED lighting technology and designs. The ...
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (LLE), the leader in laser illumination for high-brightness digital projection, announced $9 million in venture funding in September, with an additional $6 million anticipated from new investors. "This new funding will allow us to accelerate commercialization of LLE's breakthrough laser illumination technology, which we ...
The Optical Society joined several others in the optics and photonics community in Washington, DC, in September to draw attention to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report Optics & Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation. The report discusses the current state of the optical sciences and their possibilities for the future. A ...
Soraa, the world's leading developer of GaN-on-GaN (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) solid-state lighting technology, announced that co-founder Shuji Nakamura received the Inventor of the Year Award from The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA). Each year the SVIPLA recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional ...
After 3 years of intensive research in the field of new solution-processable materials for OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), Merck and ten other partners from industry and academia have successfully concluded the "new materials for OLEDs from solutions" (NEMO) project co-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). ...
SemiLEDs Corporation announced that after serving as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of SemiLEDs, Anh Chuong Tran has transitioned to the role of Chief Scientist. As the Chief Scientist of SemiLEDs, Tran will dedicate his time to SemiLEDs' technology and product development efforts. The Board of Directors of SemiLEDs appointed ...
With the launch of the pilot production line for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in Regensburg, Germany, on 30 August, leading light manufacturer OSRAM AG has set an important milestone on the road toward volume manufacturing. As a result of its scope of possibilities and its quality criteria, the plant is unique and the first of its kind ...
Plextronics, a US-based global technology company specializing in printed electronics, and Netherlands-based Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (Flanders, Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands), announced their partnership on shared research towards flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting and signage. With its leading ...
With 40 years in the high-tech industry, including many as a successful entrepreneur, Barry Young started the OLED Association in 2007. The group has about 15 members across the globe: display manufacturers plus companies producing OLED panels, substrates, and materials, as well as associated manufacturing equipment. As Managing Director of the ...