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QuantumDots-Info, a new knowledge hub to focus on quantum dots technologies for the display industry

Metalgrass has launched a new knowledge hub, QuantumDots-Info.com. Our new site focuses on QuantumDots technologies for the display industry. QDs are already used in many displays, and it is likely that the future will bring us more types of QD Displays, including QDEL, QD-OLEDs and QD-MicroLEDs that use quantum dots to convert blue light to red and green.

QuantumDots-Info brings you daily news, commentary, resources and updates about QDs in the display industry. You can subscribe to our weekly QD display newsletter here - and if you have not done so already, be sure to also subscribe to the free monthly MicroLED newsletter!

Read the full story Posted: Mar 16, 2021

Sharp develops MicroLED microdisplay technology

According to reports from Japan's Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Sharp is developing MicroLED microdisplays, with an aim to mass produce such panels in 2023 or 2024 for AR and VR applications.

Sharp apparently already developed two prototypes, including a 0.38" 1053 PPI color one and a 0.13" 3000 PPI blue display. The color display uses blue microLEDs with Sharp's own proprietary color conversion QD technology.

Read the full story Posted: Aug 22, 2020

Helio Display Materials develops perovskite-based materials for the display indsutry

Helio Display Materials, based in the UK, was spun-off from both Oxford and Cambridge University, to commercialize photoluminescent and electroluminescent perovskite-based materials for the display industry - with solutions for the OLED, LCD and Micro-LED markets.

A flexible perovskite LED prototype panel (Helio)

Our sister site, Perovskite-Info, posted an interview with Helio's CEO, Simon B. Jones, discussing the company's technology and business.

Read the full story Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Guangzhou's local government to subsidize emerging display technology production - including MicroLED displays

The local government of China's Guangzhou province announced that it now offers large subsidies (up to $285 million USD per company) to encourage emerging technology production in the province.

LG Display 8.5-gen OLED TV fab in Guangzhou, China

The government announced a list of emerging display technologies - which include OLEDs, quantum dot displays, e-paper displays, graphene enhanced display technologies - and microLED displays.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 18, 2019

The Fraunhofer IAP and KETI to co-develop quantum dots color filters for microLED displays

The Fraunhofer IAP and Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) have launched a joint research project to develop ink-jet printed quantum dots color filters for microLED displays.

The five-years CoCoMe (Color Converting MicroLeds) project aims to develop materials and processes to achieve high brightness microLEDs using quantum based color filters.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 13, 2019

Nanosys explains the advantages of QD-MicroLED displays

HDTVTest posted an interesting interview with Cadmium-Free QD developer Nanosys CEO and president Jason Hartlove. In this long interview Jason discusses the company's technology and recent achievements.

Jason explains that producing an RGB Micro-LED has many challenges as each color micro-LED chip is different - and different color LEDs need slightly different voltages and drive currents. The mechanical placement of these chips is also much more difficult for three colors. Using single-color (blue) Micro-LED chips and color-converting them using QDs makes a lot of sense for such displays - with easier manufacturing, longer lifetime, less differential aging (burn-in) and a wider color gamut.

Read the full story Posted: Jan 15, 2019

Plessey to integrate Nanoco's quantum-dots into its micro-LED displays

UK-based GaN-on-Si MicroLED developer Plessey Semiconductor announced a partnership with Quantum Dots developer Nanoco. Plessey aims to integrate Nanoco's cadmium-free quantum dots into its micro-LED displays.

GaN-on-Silicon wafer with monolithic 1080p microLED arrays (Plessey)

Using a quantum-dot coating, Plessey will be able to use only blue micro-LEDs in its microdisplays, and convert the blue light to red and green to create full-color displays (in a similar way to today's QD-enhanced LCD displays). Plessey says that this design will enable it reduce its pixel pitch from 30 µm to just 4 µm, a reduction of 87%. The QD-enhanced micro-LEDs will also have a wide color gamut and will be more energy efficient compared to Plessey's current phosphor-based architecture.

Read the full story Posted: Jan 03, 2019

A new guide to promising perovskite materials: The Perovskite Handbook

The MicroLED-Info team takes pleasure in recommending our new book - The Perovskite Handbook. This book gives a comprehensive introduction to perovskite materials, applications and industry. Perovskites offer a myriad of exciting properties and has great potential for the display industry.

We believe that any display professional would find that perovskite materials are an area of focus that should not be ignored. The promising perovskite industry is currently at a tipping point and on the verge of mass adoption and commercialization and the first display-related perovskites are already reaching the market.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 27, 2018