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Cyberlux Corporation defines breakthrough hybrid organic / inorganic lighting capability
Jan 31, 2007
Company’s Exclusive Rights to Hybrid Lighting Technology from University of California-Santa Barbara Combined with Exclusive Rights to Scattered Photon Extraction Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Creates Foundation for Sustainable Competitive Advantage |
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Bright white beetle dazzles scientists
Jan 22, 2007
 An obscure species of beetle could teach us how to produce brilliant white ultra-thin materials, according to a research team led by the University of Exeter. |
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Cheaper LEDs from breakthrough in ZnO nanowire research
Jan 05, 2007
 Engineers at UC San Diego have synthesized a long-sought semiconducting material that may pave the way for an inexpensive new kind of light emitting diode (LED) that could compete with today's widely used gallium nitride LEDs, according to a new paper in the journal Nano Letters. |
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UC Santa Barbara Researchers Set New Records in Energy Efficient Light Emitting Diodes
Dec 18, 2006
Santa Barbara, California USA-- Researchers at UC Santa Barbaras Solid State Lighting & Display Center and the Japan Science & Technology Agencys Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology program (JST ERATO) have set new records for nonpolar and semipolar light emitting diode (LED) efficiency. |
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Team awarded for better bulb discovery
Dec 12, 2006
A team of scientists at Vanderbilt University have been given an award from Popular Mechanics magazine for a discovery that could someday replace the common light bulb, the researchers say. |
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MIT chemist studies how electrons behave
Nov 29, 2006
 New spin on electrons could improve lights, other devices.
Troy Van Voorhis likes to watch how things work. This natural curiosity led to his current research on the behavior of electrons and how they function in various molecular systems, including artificial photosynthesis.
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Shimei Semiconductor grows blue LED on silicon wafer
Nov 16, 2006
 "Shimei Semiconductor Co. has developed a blue LED grown on a silicon wafer that it plans to make available by next April. |
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QD Vision improves quantum-dot LED performance
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Organic semiconductors make cheap, flexible photovoltaics and LEDs
Oct 27, 2006
Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof?
All this and more could come from cutting-edge research at Cornell that demonstrates a new type of organic semiconductor device which shows electroluminescence and acts as a photovoltaic cell.
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NIST releases new standard for semiconductor industry
Oct 13, 2006
A wide range of optical electronic devices, from laser disk players to traffic lights, may be improved in the future thanks to a small piece of semiconductor, about the size of a button, coated with aluminum, gallium, and arsenic (AlGaAs). |
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DOE announces selection of national laboratory center for SSL R&D and seven projects for core technology research in nanotechnology
Oct 12, 2006
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce the selection of the National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development (Laboratory Call DE-PS26-06NT42943). |
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DOE selects Sandia National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting research and development
Oct 10, 2006
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced today that Sandia National Laboratories is the new home of the National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development. He made the announcement at a news conference at Sandia's International Programs Building. |
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QD Vision chief technologist Seth Coe-Sullivan named top innovator by Tech Review Magazine: MIT journal honors 35 top scientific and technology innovators under the age of 35 Sep 26, 2006
WATERTOWN, MA, SQD Vision, Inc. announced that Cofounder and Chief Technologist Seth Coe-Sullivan has been recognized by Technology Review as one of the world’s Top Science and Technology Innovators under the age of 35 for his breakthrough work in quantum dot LED performance and manufacturing process technology. |
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Japanese scientists have proposed a solution to the puzzle of why blue light-emitting diodes are so bright Sep 06, 2006
 Despite huge commercial success, until now the reason for the unusual brightness has not been known. The material they are made from - indium gallium nitride - can only be fabricated to such a poor quality that it would not be expected to emit much light. |
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Rensselaer researchers aim to close 'green gap' in LED technology
Aug 25, 2006
 Troy, N.Y. - A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received $1.8 million in federal funding to improve the energy efficiency of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs). |
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Novel Nano-Etched Cavity Makes LEDs 7 Times Brighter
Jul 27, 2006
.jpg "Nano-etched-cavity") Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) more than seven times brighter by etching nanoscale grooves in a surrounding cavity to guide scattered light in one direction. |
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 Paint-on semiconductor outperforms chips
07/18/2006
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips -- and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. |
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 Photonics crystals improve LED efficiency
06/01/2006
A 50% increase in efficiency is a significant stride toward being viable sources for solid-state lighting. |
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 Aluminum Nitride Light Emitting Diodes with the Shortest Wavelength towards Dioxin, PCB Decomposition Technology
05/17/2006
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has observed light of 210-nm wavelength from aluminum nitride (AlN) light emitting diodes (LED).
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 New materials for high efficiency organic solid state lighting
03/30/2006
A new organic molecule developed by PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) scientists may significantly improve the efficiency of organic solid state lighting.
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 Method May Help Optimize Light-emitting Semiconductors
02/16/2006
Physicists at JILA have demonstrated an ultrafast laser technique for "seeing" once-hidden electronic behavior in semiconductors, which eventually could be useful in more predictable design of optoelectronic devices, including semiconductor lasers and white light-emitting diodes.
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