When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
Tags: blue LED, zinc selenide, semiconductor material, LED lighting
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a volume of US$ 11.6 billion in 2014. According to a preliminary analysis of 2014 data produced by Optech Consulting, based in Taegerwilen, Switzerland, that figure is up 8% ...
Tags: laser systems, fiber lasers, semiconductors
Now established in curing, UV LED technology is expected to find growth opportunities in disinfection, purification and other new applications by 2017, says a market analyst. Under its new technology and market report entitled UV LED ...
Tags: UV LEDs, New Markets, Disinfection, Purification
Having ventured into the color LED market with its traffic light products in 1998, leading LED manufacturer Lumileds has come a long way with its color LED designs. A week ahead of Lumileds LUXEON C Color Line launch, the company website ...
Tags: Lumileds, LUXEON C, color LEDs, architectural lighting
This Art Deco-style Oscar Heyman ring is made in platinum and set with a 13.93-carat cushion-cut orange sapphire surrounded by 2.44 carats of diamond baguettes. It’s a period that’s so popular, and has enjoyed so many ...
Tags: Art Deco, orange sapphire
Leading U.S. LED manufacturer Cree announced earlier this month, it will be rebranding its power and RF business as Wolfspeed. In an exclusive interview with LEDinside analyst and assistant manager Joanne Wu, Cree co-founder and CTO John ...
Tags: Cree, Wolfspeed, RF and power business, Market Branding
Plessey announced today that it is to carry out a major expansion of the company’s LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England, after securing a GBP 30 million ($50 million) loan from Deutsche Bank AG to finance the expansion. ...
The average monthly price of sapphire has fallen by more than 30% year on year this September, according to the latest 2015 Global Sapphire and LED Chip Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This decline is the result of ...
HC Semitek board approved the acquisition of Chinese sapphire substrate manufacturer Crystaland during a recent shareholder meeting. The acquisition deal signals the company is extending its reach into the upstream LED market sector, and ...
Tags: M&A, HC Semitek, Cyrstaland
The LED market has shown mixed results in different global regions recently. Stagnant LED shipment growth, and plunging sapphire substrate prices have brought related manufacturers operations under the market lime light. Market sources ...
Tags: sapphire industry, restructure, LED market
Chinese sapphire maker Aurora announced last week, it would be investing RMB 40 million (US $6.32 million) in a new investment management arm to integrate investments in the sapphire supply chain, according to a report from China Securities ...
Tags: sapphire, Aurora, sapphire ingot
The OLYMPIC Paints brand today announced its 2016 Color of the Year: loud, impactful Blue Cloud (D48-5). This daring, adventurous hue supports a larger-than-life persona yet adds the perfect pop to various styles and palettes. Born from ...
Tags: Blue Cloud, Paints, Stains
Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University has been studying ways to improve the performance of p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN) in terms of hole density and contact resistance with nickel/gold [Bo-Sheng Zheng et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, ...
Tags: nickel caps, Diodes, Electronics
The gallium nitride (GaN) substrate market will grow from $2.2bn in 2014 to more than $4bn by 2020, forecasts research and consulting firm IndustryARC in the report 'Gallium Nitride (GaN) Substrates Market Analysis: By Type (GaN on ...
Tags: Diameters, GaN Substrate Market
Osaka University in Japan has developed a plasma pre-treatment for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on gallium nitride (GaN) that avoids creating enlarged etch pits [Hui Deng et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p051602, 2015]. Surface ...