The surface science geeks out there already know that
surface plasmons have enjoyed use in spectroscopic fluorescence measurements, but that's about as exciting as chamomile tea at a narcolepsy convention. However, those same surface plasmons have been used by Korean researchers to increase
OLED efficiency by 75-percent while also increasing intensity twofold -- and that gets our attention. Note we said "researchers," though; the results were obtained with silver nanoparticles under high vacuum conditions -- in other words, a surface science lab. Although the word is that this technique can be used for flexible OLEDs, we won't be holding our breaths. Heck, at this point, we'd settle for relatively inefficient, inflexible, affordable OLEDs somewhere north of 20-inches.
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freighttrain2126 @ Jul 16th 2009 12:05PM
Great scott!!!!! So this means i can watch HD while traveling through time? Is there anything the flux capacitor cant do?
corey smith @ Jul 16th 2009 12:29PM
LOL@ freightrain!!!
i know theyll resolve any lifespan issues. I just hope the future OLEDs dont exhibit the narrow viewing angles like the xel-1 did (as well as LCDs)....