Acer has unveiled two new 27-inch Predator gaming monitors that incorporate Quantum Dot (QD) technology, The use of QDS offers a wider color range with higher brightness, deeper saturation and better accuracy to offer dramatically more vivid visuals with the Predator X27 supporting 99% of the Adobe RGB color space, and Predator Z271UV covering 130% of the sRGB color space. With a Quantum Dot film that is coated with nano-sized dots of various types that emit very specific colored lights, the new displays can produce a wider color gamut compared to standard monitors, increasing color purity and efficiency.
Rice University researchers have received $1 million from the Department of Energy (DoE) to develop carbon nanofibers for application in electric motor components. The fibers boast high strength and conductivity and far better flexibility than metal wires. They have been investigated for use as conductive links in damaged hearts, as brain implants and for data and low-power applications. “Our carbon nanotube fiber technology is already at the leading edge for such new applications as medical electronics, wearables and electronic textiles,” Rice University chemist Matteo Pasquali stated. “With conductivity improvements of 20 to 30 percent, we can greatly expand the application range to include metal wire replacement for mobile applications.”
Nanosys has received the 2017 Display Industry Awards (DIA) Display Component of the Year award for its Hyperion Quantum Dot technology from the Society for Information Display (SID).
Presented by the SID, the 2017 DIAs recognize innovative display products, components, and applications that hold the most promise for shaping the future of the global display industry.
Nanosys has selected global electronic materials manufacturer Hitachi Chemical as the lead manufacturing partner for Hyperion QDEF. Hitachi Chemical will begin sampling quantum dot film using Nanosys Hyperion Quantum Dot Technology. Mass production volumes will be available to display makers during the second half of 2017. Hyperion Quantum Dots match the color performance of the industry’s best cadmium-based quantum dot materials with over 90% BT.2020 color gamut coverage. However, unlike cadmium-based materials, Hyperion Quantum Dot films do not require an exemption to the European Union’s Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.
Hyperion Quantum Dots are made using a novel manufacturing technique that combines a cadmium-free red emitter with an ultra-low cadmium green emitter.
NANOCO SIGNS OLED AGREEMENT
Quantum Dots producer Nanoco Group plc and Kyulux Inc., a company developing next generation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology have announced the signing of a collaboration and joint development agreement. Under the agreement, Nanoco’s heavy metal free quantum dots (CFQD quantum dots) will be combined with Kyulux’s Hyperflourescent ‘thermally activated delayed fluorescence’ (“TADF”) technology to create hybrid OLED / QLED for the display market. Under the terms of the agreement, Nanoco and Kyulux will jointly develop and market this future display technology.
Quantum Materials Corp. has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Quantum Materials CorpPatent # 9577149 for the continuous synthesis of high quantum yield InP/ZnS nanocrystals.
“This is an important milestone in consolidating and protecting our intellectual property for large scale volume synthesis of non-cadmium quantum dots,” Quantum Materials founder and CEO Stephen Squires stated. “Continuous synthesis micro-reaction technology is the solution for synthesis of high-quality nanoparticles due to the many advantages our patented process provides, including precise temperature control, mixing efficiencies, fast reaction speed and parallel operation for scalable volume production.”
United States Patent # 9577149 covers the continuous-flow synthesis process for the preparation of high quality indium phosphide/zinc sulfide core/shell semiconducting nanocrystals – in particular quantum dots (QD) – conducted in a micro-reaction system comprising at least one mixing chamber connected to one reaction chamber. “We have begun continuous-flow volume production of high-efficiency blue quantum dots that we believe will play an important role in the future of quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs). Prior to this point, blue quantum dots exhibited unfavorable energy levels in comparison to red and green quantum dots with respect to device efficiency,” Mr. Squire concluded.
