14 DAY TRIAL // Scientists with Aneeve Nanotechnologies announce the development of a low-cost, ink-jet printing technology that could make the production of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) a lot faster and cheaper. The method was optimized to use carbon nanotubes.
The company is based on the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) campus, at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). Its technique can produce fully printed back-gated and top-gated carbon nanotube–based electronics that can be used with OLED devices.
These diodes are better than liquid crystals because they have a wider viewing angle, increased brightness and flexibility, reduced weight, improved energy efficiency and a faster response time.
“This is the first practical demonstration of carbon nanotube–based printed circuits for display backplane applications,” says Aneeve co-founder Kos Galatsis, who is also an associate adjunct professor of materials science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.