| Cambrios and Novaled partner on OLED tiles with transparent electrodes 15 Apr 13 |
| Silver nanowire material from Cambrios enables 100-square-cm OLED tiles with no visible metal grid, making the technology more viable in SSL applications. |
| Design choices for consumer electronics: LED or OLED? (MAGAZINE) 26 Mar 13 |
| OLEDs are making a major push into smaller consumer electronics explains Digi-Key director of lighting sales ROBBIE PAUL, and some new designs for larger products ranging from TVs to lighting may find OLEDs a superior choice to LEDs. |
| German OLED project So-Light concludes 05 Feb 13 |
| Eleven German companies and research institutions have completed the So-Light project, supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research. |
| DOE awards SBIR grants to Applied Nanotech and Universal Display for LED research 08 Nov 12 |
| The US Department of Energy has awarded small business innovation research grants to Applied Nanotech and Universal Display for research on thermal management for LEDs and research on high efficacy WOLEDs respectively. |
| Project NEMO concludes its research into OLED materials 10 Sep 12 |
| A major European project has investigated OLED materials for printing processes, which should lead to lower-cost production compared with competing methods. |
| Plextronics partners with Holst Centre on roll-to-roll OLED processing 29 Aug 12 |
| Designed to take the next step toward production of flexible OLED lighting and signage using roll-to-roll processing, Plextronics has formed a partnership with the Holst Centre. |
| Philips provides OLED outlook at The LED Show 31 Jul 12 |
| At The LED Show pre-conference workshop, Philips Lighting highlighted the similarities and differences between LEDs and OLEDs. The presentation also emphasized methods by which OLED cost may be reduced dramatically. |
| Light+Building 2012: Company announcements and new products, part 3 18 Apr 12 |
| GE Lighting, Panasonic, Philips Lighting, Erco, Osram, Novaled, and the Zhaga Consortium make Light+Building announcements. |
| Lumiotec licenses Universal Display’s OLED technology 10 Jan 12 |
| Lumiotec has entered into a licensing agreement with Universal Display Corporation to integrate its phosphorescent and other OLED technology and materials into Lumiotec’s OLED lighting panels. |
| Novaled’s OLED-technology team wins German innovation award 16 Dec 11 |
| Three founders of Novaled have been presented with the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011 prize for innovation in science and technology from German Federal President Christian Wulff. |
| OLEDWorks upgrades R&D lab in Rochester, NY 06 Dec 11 |
| OLEDWorks has announced over $500,000 in tax credits from the Empire State Development Agency, which is designed to help the company begin producing OLED lighting panels. |
| European OLED100.eu research project celebrates successful conclusion 28 Nov 11 |
| A three-year OLED research project has ended with the demonstration of large-area lighting panels. |
| OLEDs: Osram, EU flexible-OLED project, NanoMarkets, OSA 15 Nov 11 |
| Osram has announced a record-breaking flexible OLED, while a EU-funded group headed up by Imec will also pursue flexible OLEDs with built-in intelligence. NanoMarkets has published an OLED materials market report and the OSA has published a volume of OLED research papers. |
| OLEDs: Market forecast, OLAE+ funding, WAC Lighting, UDC 20 Oct 11 |
| A new OLED lighting market report predicts that OLED and LED lighting will compete in a number of applications. The OLAE+ funding competition is hosting an information day, WAC Lighting has introduced an OLED chandelier, and Universal Display has won a development grant for OLED lighting. |
| OLED News: Samsung invests in Novaled, PPG supplies Universal 30 Sep 11 |
| Samsung has invested in Novaled AG in order to increase its presence in the OLED space. |
| Panasonic starts shipping OLED lighting panels and modules 07 Sep 11 |
| PIOL, a joint venture between Panasonic Electric Works and Idemitsu Kosan Company in Japan, began shipping OLED lighting panels to local and overseas lighting module and fixture manufacturers this month. |
| Osram opens OLED pilot-production facility in Germany 31 Aug 11 |
| Citing an initial investment of 20 million Euros, Osram announced that it has opened a pilot-production line for the manufacture of organic LEDs in Regensburg, Germany. |
| LFI shows LED skeptics remain and OLED still trails 21 Jul 11 |
| LEDs and OLEDs dominated the exhibits at Lightfair, but the conference sessions showed that both technology roadblocks and skepticism from lighting professionals remain in place. |
| Osram reports high-efficiency OLED in the lab 15 Jun 11 |
| Osram has reported an efficiency of 87 lm/W from a small OLED panel with a color temperature of around 4000K. |
| LEDs and OLEDs power innovative large-scale displays 13 Jun 11 |
| Mitsubishi Electric utilizes OLEDs to build a 6m spherical display, while Panasonic has created the world’s largest HDTV using LEDs at Charlotte Motor Speedway. |
| US DOE announces $14.8 million in new SSL R&D funding 08 Jun 11 |
| The DOE continues to fund LED-based research in an initiative aimed at accelerating SSL adoption to both save energy and build an SSL technology and manufacturing base in the US. |
| Is the lighting industry now in the mood for OLEDs? (MAGAZINE) 31 May 11 |
| OLEDs are evolving as complementary sources for indoor lighting, says Verbatim’s JEANINE CHROBAK-KANDO, who provides an overview of technology, desirable characteristics and the current status of today’s OLED lighting products. |
| Philips invests in OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany
18 May 11 |
| Philips is planning a EUR 40 million investment in its OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany. |
| Verbatim unveils color-tunable OLED lighting 09 Feb 11 |
| The Mitsubishi Chemical subsidiary will introduce OLED lighting panels that are dimmable and color tunable. |
| Moser Baer licenses Universal Display’s OLED technology 08 Feb 11 |
| A license agreement between Moser Baer and Universal Display builds on the companies’ prior partnership and targets manufacture of white OLED panels that will enable luminaire development. |
| QD Vision and Solvay pursue printable quantum dots 16 Nov 10 |
| A printable electroluminescent platform based on quantum dot technology from QD Vision could enable new general-illumination and pixelated-display products. |
| Universal Display and Acuity tackle OLED commercialization with DOE grant 03 Nov 10 |
| Acuity will design and fabricate OLED lighting fixtures that utilize Universal Display’s UniversalPHOLED technology tapping $2 million in DOE funds. |
| First OLED pilot manufacturing site in US to be established 18 Oct 10 |
| The Department of Energy has announced the first pilot manufacturing facility for OLEDs, based in Canandaigua, New York. |
| Philips demonstrates mains-powered white-light OLED module 08 Sep 10 |
| An AC-driven OLED could open the door to a simplified system design without the need for a driver, which in turn could offer advantages for OLED luminaire makers. |
| GE and Konica Minolta validate solution-based OLED process 19 Jul 10 |
| Solution-coating manufacturing process holds the key to low-cost OLED lighting technology according to partners General Electric and Konica Minolta. |
| Novaled and Universal Display advance OLED lighting technology 24 May 10 |
| Novaled announces a new top-emitting white OLED, while Universal Display receives $4 million from the DOE to build pilot OLED production line. |
| OLED lighting makes an entry at Light+Building 22 Apr 10 |
| OLED illumination was demonstrated by a number of manufacturers and designers at the recent Light+Building show. |
| GE and Konica Monica partner on OLED lighting demonstration 19 Apr 10 |
| Flexible 3×6-in OLED panels promise to enable a variety of lighting applications. |
| Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer form OLED alliance 05 Mar 10 |
| Mitsubishi Chemical plans to release OLED lighting products through its Verbatim brand in 2011. |
| Focus on OLEDs (MAGAZINE) 02 Feb 10 |
| Examine OLED lighting, funding, R&D, materials, and fabrication news. |
| Lumiotec plans to sample an OLED sample kit with panel, controller, and AC adapter 27 Jan 10 |
| Joint venture moves forward toward OLED panel production with high volume slated for 2013. |
| TOPAS 2012 consortium targets innovative OLED lighting 12 Jan 10 |
| BASF, Osram Opto Semiconductors, Philips and Aixtron are project partners in an OLED project funded by the German government. |
| So-Light Project brings together Germany’s OLED community 18 Dec 09 |
| With total funding of EUR14.7 million, the So-Light project brings together eleven German companies and research institutes to work closely together on OLED lighting and displays. |
| Osram Opto unveils OLED light source
27 Nov 09 |
| The Orbeos OLED lighting panel is 80 mm in diameter and just 2.1 mm thick. |
| Konica Minolta to build pilot production line for OLED lighting 20 Nov 09 |
| With an investment of 3.5 billion yen, Kinoica Minolta plans to build a roll-to-roll pilot coating line. |
| LILi project aims for lower cost of OLED manufacturing 19 Nov 09 |
| Applied Materials, Merck KGaA, and Braunschweig University have been awarded funding for OLED research by the German government. |
| NEMO project conducts research on new OLED materials 04 Nov 09 |
| Merck KGaA is leading a consortium of 11 partners in the research project entitled New Materials for OLEDs from Solutions (NEMO). |
| Transparent low-profile OLEDs demonstrated in research project 20 Oct 09 |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors' latest OLED demonstrators incorporate new developments in electrode design, a special component architecture and a new approach to thin-film technology. |
| Zumtobel and Fraunhofer form Ledon OLEDs 09 Oct 09 |
| The Zumtobel Group is teaming up with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to establish a joint venture for the development and production of OLED light modules. |
| SDK develops polymer-type OLEDs with 30 lm/W efficiency 29 Jul 09 |
| A new phosphorescent polymer-type device structure improves light output and heat conduction. |
| GE-student collaboration reveals future OLED products 13 Jul 09 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art students envisioned OLED products such as illuminated stairs, light-up wallpaper and illuminated safety outerwear for emergency services personnel. |
| Researchers develop all-white OLEDs, hybrid LEDs 24 Jun 09 |
| Recent research reports describe an OLED that emits white light from a single molecule, and a hybrid emitter that combines an organic polymer with a quantum dot light-emitter. |
| MAGAZINE: OLED lighting set to take off in 2011 02 Jun 09 |
| As companies begin small-volume production and address various challenges, OLED lighting looks to be well-suited for a range of applications, writes Jennifer Colegrove. |
| OLED efficiency of 90 lm/W reported for white-light panel 21 May 09 |
| Technical University of Dresden and Novaled AG researchers also attained 124 lm/W when using a 3D light extraction system.
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| OLED displays on TV and in mobile devices 28 Apr 09 |
| Several new consumer electronics products and prototypes from Sony and Samsung feature OLED displays. |
| Philips shows OLED-based interactive lighting concepts 24 Apr 09 |
| Philips hopes that its OLED lighting demonstrations will help stimulate revolutionary design ideas and create new lighting experiences. |
| OLEDs manufactured without ITO and lithography 17 Apr 09 |
| Agfa Materials and Holst Centre have developed an OLED tile that eliminates the need for expensive lithography steps, and also eliminates ITO. |
| Research boosts efficiency of green, blue OLEDs 07 Apr 09 |
| Japanese researchers have reported a 210 lm/W green OLED, while PNNL has boosted the efficiency of blue OLEDs by 25%. |
| OLED lighting market to reach $6 B by 2018 12 Mar 09 |
| The OLED lighting market is gearing to take off in 2011 as new mass production comes on-line, DisplaySearch predicts.
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| Novel lighting technologies offer a future alternative to LEDs
18 Feb 09 |
| A broad and exciting diversity of emerging illumination technologies is a natural and healthy response to current lighting challenges, writes Hassaun Jones-Bey. |
| Novaled AG secures EUR8.5 million equity financing 16 Jan 09 |
| The company closed an internal round of financing to build on its position as a leading OLED developer. |
| WEB EXCLUSIVE: Organic semiconductor sources - Hybrid OLEDs combine vapor deposition with solution processing 22 Dec 08 |
| Hybrid OLEDs made from polymeric and small-molecule materials combine the advantages of both material classes in one device, simplifying the production of OLEDs. |
| Worldwide OLED revenues up 60% year-to-year in 3Q08, report says
15 Dec 08 |
| DisplaySearch report reveals OLEDs still face strong price competition from LCDs. |
| Rolling out OLED flexible displays for the mass market 08 Dec 08 |
| European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed.
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| Universal Display and SFC enter into OLED materials agreement 03 Dec 08 |
| Their collaboration will focus on developing and commercializing highly-efficient phosphorescent OLED material systems for displays and lighting. |
| BASF and Osram demonstrate 60 lm/W white OLED 26 Nov 08 |
| The two German companies have reported the laboratory demonstration of a small panel that emits white light with coordinates close to the Planck curve. |
| Fraunhofer opens Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices in Dresden 17 Nov 08 |
| A new facility in Germany aims to develop a domestic manufacturing base for the production of organic LEDs and solar cells. |
| Kodak material boosts OLED performance 28 Oct 08 |
| The company, whose OLED wireless picture frame is set to debut late next month, has produced a new green dopant material that enables low-power, long-life OLED displays.
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| OLED100.eu research consortium aims to advance OLED technology 21 Oct 08 |
| An industry-wide consortium of leading lighting experts will build on successes of OLLA research initiative in Europe. |
| OLED lighting markets to reach $4.5 B by 2013, says report
09 Oct 08 |
| NanoMarkets claims that OLED lighting has made great leaps forward and may soon become a real presence in the backlighting market.
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| Philips offers OLED technology kit for lighting applications 18 Sep 08 |
| After offering an OLED starter kit to potential users, Philips intends to launch OLED products and prototypes on the market next year, under the brand name Lumiblade. |
| Vitex and Novaled to cooperate on OLED thin-film encapsulation 28 Aug 08 |
| The companies will combine thin-film technology and doping technology and materials to produce high-efficiency OLED products. |
| New study says OLED efficiency is less than previously reported 20 Aug 08 |
| The study's findings -- published online Sunday -- hint that OLEDs would convert no more than 25% of electricity into light, contrary to earlier estimates of up to 63%. |
| Universal Display wins $1.9m award for OLED ceiling lighting 25 Jul 08 |
| Universal Display will team with Armstrong World Industries to combine its OLED technologies with Armstrong's product design and engineering expertise into an integrated ceiling lighting system. |
| Fraunhofer cooperation speeds roll-to-roll fabrication of OLEDs and solar cells
22 Jun 08 |
| Two Fraunhofer institutes have joined forces in the development of a technology for an organic device roll-to-roll production process. |
| OLLA project delivers final OLED milestone 19 Jun 08 |
| A pan-European OLED program has demonstrated an OLED lighting tile with an efficacy of 50.7 lm/W |
| Universal Display pushes white OLEDs to 100 lm/W
19 Jun 08 |
| Made using the company's phosphorescent OLED technology and with the help of a DOE grant |
| DOE offers up to $7.5 million in round 5 of SSL projects
06 May 08 |
| The US Department of Energy will select 5-10 research organizations for core technology research projects involving LED and OLED lighting.
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| OLED encapsulation method reduces water intrusion 24 Apr 08 |
| Georgia Tech researchers have replaced the glass enclosure with a thin-film barrier formed by a less expensive conventional deposition method.
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| Osram and lighting designer Ingo Maurer unveil OLED table lamp 08 Apr 08 |
| The limited-edition table lamp shows the potential of using OLEDs as flexible or transparent light sources with a uniform light-generating surface.
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| Osram reports warm-white OLED with 46 lm/W efficiency 18 Mar 08 |
| As part of the OPAL research project, Osram has simultaneously achieved long lifetime and high efficiency. |
| GE demonstrates OLEDs manufactured by roll-to-roll process 13 Mar 08 |
| A manufacturing process similar to that used for newspaper printing could eventually result in low-cost, commercially viable OLED lighting. |
| Sony invests in OLEDs, sees Blu-ray prevail 20 Feb 08 |
| Sony is to invest more than $200 million to develop OLED displays, while nitride-based laser production could get a boost from Blu-ray’s success against HD-DVD. |
| Saint-Gobain and Novaled develop new OLED contacts 15 Jan 08 |
| Saint-Gobain and Novaled have demonstrated the feasibility of large area OLEDs, based on a new high-performance metallic anode. |
| Osram transparent OLED offers high efficacy 17 Dec 07 |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed a high-performance, transparent white OLED, that is transparent either when on or off. |
| Universal Display reveals transparent white OLEDs for lighting 10 Dec 07 |
| Universal Display Corporation has announced advances in the development of transparent white OLED technology for lighting applications. Potential applications include OLED windows. |
| OLLA project proposes standard for OLED luminous efficacy measurement 07 Dec 07 |
| The European OLLA project has released a discussion paper on the measurement of luminous efficacy for OLEDs, with the goal of developing a general standard. |
| Sony begins selling world's first OLED TV 30 Nov 07 |
| For around $1800 you can buy an 11-inch OLED TV from Sony…but you'd better be quick. |
| Novaled reports 35 lm/W and 100,000 hours from white OLED 06 Nov 07 |
| Further progress has been reported by Novaled in the development of white OLEDs for lighting. |
| Universal Display wins SBIR grant for white OLED Lighting 29 Oct 07 |
| A contract for $750,000 will help Universal Display Corp to develop energy-efficient white OLED light sources with improved luminance and a simplified design. |
| OLED companies to improve thin film encapsulation 22 Oct 07 |
| Sunic System and Novaled will develop new technologies for TFE, a promising technology to hermetically encapsulate organic devices like OLEDs. |
| Novaled and ArcelorMittal build OLEDs on steel 18 Oct 07 |
| An OLED company and a steel maker are working in a joint OLED development program to build OLEDs on flexible steel substrates. |
| Sony announces OLED TV launch in December 04 Oct 07 |
| Sony will seed the OLED TV market with an 11-inch model priced at around $1700. |
| Vitex provides "secret sauce" for Europe's first volume P-OLED producer, MED 07 Sep 07 |
| MicroEmissive Displays has commercialized top-emissive polymer OLED displays thanks to its relationship with Vitex, writes Tom Cheyney of Small Times. |
| CDT & Sumation improve green and red P-OLED materials 28 Aug 07 |
| New results show dramatic improvement in the lifetimes of polymer OLED materials emitting either green or red light. |
| Sumitomo Chemical to acquire OLED specialist CDT 01 Aug 07 |
| The acquisition of Cambridge Display Technology will enable Sumitomo Chemical to accelerate development of large OLED displays. |
| Osram Opto puts OLED focus on lighting applications 30 Jul 07 |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors will cease production of OLED passive-matrix displays and focus on OLED lighting products. |
| UK OLED project targets replacement conventional lighting 13 Jul 07 |
| The UK government is providing funding for a project to develop OLED lighting technologies, with a long-term view of enabling high-volume manufacturing. |
| UDC awarded DOE funds for white OLED research 13 Jul 07 |
| Universal Display has received grants totaling $200,000 to advance the performance of white PHOLED lighting technology. |
| OLLA project delivers Europe’s most efficient OLED lighting tile 14 Jun 07 |
| The European OLLA consortium is making progress towards its target of a high efficiency OLED light source with long lifetime. |
| UK government funds development of OLED lighting 24 May 07 |
| A grant awarded by the DTI Technology Programme will support the development of large-area white light-emitting polymers. |
| European OLED market exceeded $120 million in 2006 13 May 07 |
| Europe is a major player in the OLED market despite the strength of Asian display makers, says Frost & Sullivan. |
| CDT and Sumation improve lifetime of P-OLED materials 30 Mar 07 |
| Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Sumation have extended the lifetime of red, green, blue and white P-OLED materials. |
| Konica Minolta and GE team up to commercialize OLED lighting 29 Mar 07 |
| Two leading developers of OLED technology think their development alliance could bring commercial products to market within 3 years. |
| OLED display shipments reach 72.1 million units in 2006 08 Mar 07 |
| Units shipments of OLED displays grew by 29% in 2006 but revenues fell by 3%, according to DisplaySearch. |
| GE and TOKKI develop OLED encapsulation technology 06 Mar 07 |
| An agreement between GE Global Research and TOKKI Corporation could serve as the foundation for the future manufacturing of thinner, lower cost OLED flat panel displays. |
| OLED light sources advance towards the lighting market 21 Feb 07 |
| Organic light-emitting diodes could soon open up a whole new range of lighting applications if their current pace of research and development continues, writes Siân Harris. |
| New display technologies feature at Consumer Electronics Show 11 Jan 07 |
| This year's CES showcase in Las Vegas included many examples of emerging display technologies including LED backlighting and OLED televisions. |
| CDT acquires OLED driver chip design house 01 Jan 07 |
| Cambridge Display Technology says that its acquisition of Next Sierra will accelerate its development of Total Matrix Addressing technology. |
| OLED focus for Osram Opto, efficacy reaches 64 lm/W 11 Aug 06 |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors is to intensify its efforts to develop OLEDs for lighting applications. Meanwhile, a 64 lm/W white OLED has been developed in Japan. |
| OLED manufacturers face pricing pressures 12 Jun 06 |
| As competition intensifies in the small-to-medium display market, OLED manufacturers are working to introduce lower cost fabrication techniques. |
| Philips and Novaled set new benchmarks for white OLEDs 01 Jun 06 |
| After achieving 32 lm/W for a white OLED., researchers are now targeting 50 lm/W as the next benchmark. |
| OLLA project reports OLED lighting milestones 12 Apr 06 |
| The European OLLA project has demonstrated white OLEDs with an efficacy of 10 lm/W, as well as green ITO-free devices. |
| Older articles on OLEDs 26 May 05 |
| Updated September 2006 |
