Cambridge Display Technology Ltd

FREE WEBINAR - Organic vs Aqueous Electrolyte Supercapacitors

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar 'Organic vs Aqueous Electrolyte Supercapacitors - Which will win?' on Thursday 10 October and we would be delighted if you could join us.

Sumitomo Chemical and CDT

Sumitomo Chemical is a Japanese company. It's a member of the Sumitomo group and is listed on the Nikkei 225. The company is one of Japan's major chemical companies and was founded in 1913. The company has been working on organic materials for OLEDs for about a decade, forming a joint venture with Cambridge UK based CDT (Cambridge display Technology). Sumitomo Chemical acquired CDT for $285 million in 2007, at price similar to the amount that had been invested in CDT until that point.

Free Webinar - Energy Harvesting

Thermoelectric, Piezoelectrics and Other Generators

Webinar Wed 28 Aug: Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems 2014-2024

A free webinar by IDTechEx, on Wednesday 28 August. "Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) 2014-2024" will be presented by Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.

Phoenix to Dallas flight sets distance world record for solar aviation

Solar Impulse, successfully landed in Dallas-Fort Worth yesterday completing its longest leg of the 2013 Across America mission and setting a new absolute world distance record in solar aviation (832 NM/ 1'541 km).

OLEDs and the beginning of the end for LCDs

LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in tough price competition for panel makers, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.

Display Trends: OLEDs, LCDs and E-Readers

LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in severe price competition, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.

Latest progress on solution-processed OLEDs

IDTechEx recently attended the SID Organics meeting held at Imperial College London. Here we will provide a brief update on the activities of several major chemical companies that are actively pursuing OLED.

CDT agreement with ONDL

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Organic Nano Device Laboratory (ONDL) is recognised worldwide for its innovative research in P-OLED and organic semiconductors.

Konarka appoints organic electronics veteran to Board of Directors

Dr. David Fyfe's career in chemical Industry spans 40 years with extensive experience in commercialization of printed electronics polymer based technology

New OPV company launched

Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge's commercialisation office, and the Carbon Trust have announced the launch of Eight19 Limited, a new solar energy company which will develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells for high-growth volume markets.

Development of roll out solar cells

Rhodia, an international chemical company, has joined with the UK's Carbon Trust in a £4.5 million investment in solar energy start-up Eight19 to develop organic photovoltaic technology.

eMagin building next generation OLED deposition machine

eMagin Corporation a leader in OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies has signed an agreement to build its first production OLED deposition machine, one that will leverage the latest advances in the Company's proprietary manufacturing processes.

UK's first printed lighting panel to start in November 2010

An initiative to develop low-cost OLED lighting in the UK has secured government funding and will officially start in early November.

Printed Electronics in Asia - the hot sectors

There are about 3,000 organizations worldwide actively involved in the development of printed electronics. By number of organizations, Europe has the edge over the U.S., then comes Asia. However, this disguises the fact that those involved in Asia tend to be large conglomerates that can invest much more than those in the West.

Where art thou OLED?

David Fyfe, the ex CEO of CDT who now works as a consultant for its parent company Sumitomo, gave a presentation on the OLED market at LOPE-C this week. Speaking to the history of OLEDs, he says that LCDs have drastically closed the performance gap, perhaps fuelled by the threat of OLEDs.

OLEDs and the competition

One of the biggest obstacles for large OLED panels is the rapid improvement in the performance of competing LCD panels. So what now for OLED displays?

Shakeout of organic transistor developers

Following on from the shakeout in OLED developers, IDTechEx sees the same thing happening now in Organic FETs.

The evolution of television

IDTechEx looks into electronic devices that have "evolved", starting with the Television.