High Efficiency, High Performance Organic Semiconductors for Display and Sensing Applications (Printed Electronics USA 2013)

Dr. Monica K. Davis manages Business Development for Performance Materials at EMD Chemicals, a North American Affiliate of Merck KGaA, with responsibility for lisicon® Organic Electronic and Photovoltaic materials and for isiphor® phosphors for solid state lighting. Prior to EMD, Dr. Davis led the white LED development team at Luminus Devices. She previously specialized in semiconductor lasers and fiber optic components for telecommunications, including work for Avanex, Corning Lasertron, and Corning Incorporated. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and holds an MBA from the Leaders for Manufacturing program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

EMD Chemicals' material scientists develop advanced materials for use in existing and emerging technologies. Our portfolio includes licristal® liquid crystals, licrivue® reactive mesogens, isishape® structuring solutions, livilux®OLED materials, lisicon® organic electronic materials, isiphor® phosphors for LEDs, and Patinal® optical evaporants. EMD Chemical's Performance Materials are used in display, lighting and photovoltaic applications.

 

EMD Chemicals Performance Materials is a division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, a leading pharmaceutical, chemical and life science company with total revenues of € 11.2 billion in 2012, a history that began in 1668, and a future shaped by approx. 38,000 employees in 66 countries.