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Philips presents OLED-based interactive lighting concepts

Royal Philips Electronics today premiered the world’s first OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) -based interactive lighting concepts, created for both consumer as well as professional use, during the Euroluce ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 4

Cheap, efficient white light LEDs new design

Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 5

Researchers peer into nanowires to measure dopant properties

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor nanowires -- tiny wires with a diameter as small as a few billionths of a meter — hold promise for devices of the future, both in technology like light-emitting diodes and in ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blue light specials: New materials boost efficiency of blue OLEDs by 25 percent

Lighting consumes one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States. Solid-state lighting offers tremendous potential to improve the situation - once major research challenges are overcome.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Research team developing new noninvasive brain-mapping technology

Two Japanese scientists will arrive at the University of Houston next month to help develop a unique brain-mapping device that promises to deliver more comprehensive and accurate insights into the mind at a fraction of the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists find unusual electronic properties in bismuth-based crystalline material

Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered unusual electronic properties in a material that has potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Strength through diversity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Carbon nanotube avalanche process nearly doubles current

(PhysOrg.com) -- By pushing carbon nanotubes close to their breaking point, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a remarkable increase in the current-carrying capacity of the nanotubes, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Smart Lighting: New LED Drops the 'Droop'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode (LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 14