Detectors & Imaging

Nanoco and Kyulux will codevelop hybrid quantum-dot/OLED displays

May 23, 2017

OLED technology plus cadmium-free quantum-dots could equal high brightness, pure color.

Kyulux has developed hyperfluorescent thermally activated delayed-fluorescence (TADF) OLED technology (see videos at http://kyulux.com/technology.html) that does not require iridium; Nanoco makes quantum dots that do not require cadmium. Iridium is rare and expensive, while cadmium is toxic.

Nanoco Group (Manchester, England; LSE: NANO), which makes cadmium-free quantum dots (CFQDs) and other nanomaterials, and Kyulux (Concord, MA), a producer of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, will jointly develop displays that combine the technical specialties of both the companies.

Under the agreement, Nanoco's CFQDs) will be combined with Kyulux's hyperfluorescent thermally activated delayed-fluorescence (TADF) technology to create future-generation hybrid OLED/QLED displays; the combination of technologies is said to offer a high degree of brightness and pure color, as well as high energy efficiency and low cost.

"[T]his partnership complements our existing strategy to deliver cutting-edge technology to the display market without increasing our cash burn," says Nanoco's CEO, Michael Edelman.

"This will offer a technology breakthrough, particularly in the manufacture of ultra-high-definition large-screen devices," says Christopher Savoie, CEO of Kyulux.

Source: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/05/22/994660/0/en/Nanoco-and-Kyulux-Inc-Sign-Agreement-to-Develop-Next-Generation-Displays.html

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John Wallace was with Laser Focus World for nearly 25 years, retiring in late June 2022. He obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and physics at Rutgers University and a master's in optical engineering at the University of Rochester. Before becoming an editor, John worked as an engineer at RCA, Exxon, Eastman Kodak, and GCA Corporation.