Researchers in China and Turkey have been using varying-thickness gallium nitride (GaN) barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve hole distributions and thus to reduce efficiency droop effects ...
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Chimei Optoelectronics has gone out of business leaving behind NTD 5.6 billion in debt. The company's creditor bank has been pursuing the company to obtain their financial claim but has yet to hear anything from the company. Chimei used ...
The new MultiLED chip includes red, green, and blue emitters with the blue output boosted, enabling production of deeply saturated blue tones. Automobile manufacturers will have more options in using color lighting for both function and ...
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UK based vehicle manufacturer Cartwright has secured contract to deliver 21 ambulances to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in England. The vehicles will be A&E Ambulances from Cartwright's Taurus Range and will be based on a Mercedes ...
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LED lighting has accomplished some great things since its introduction to the lighting market over the past few years. Sure LEDs were around before then, but the incandescent squeeze is what really prompted alternative forms of lighting to ...
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Ryukyu glass, with its colorful simplicity, is coveted around Japan, not just in Okinawa Prefecture where it originated. With the onset of summer, Ryukyu glass can be a cool gift and a receptacle for your favorite shochu. “The ...
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Quasar Bio-Tech Inc. announces the release of a new FDA accepted skin care tool for the treatment of mild to moderate inflammatory acne. Targeting acne vulgaris, the most common form of acne in youth and adults, the new Quasar MD Blue ...
Recently researchers from the University of Washington have developed silicon-based nano particles to replace the expensive rare earth element (REE) phosphors currently used in LEDs. The REE phosphors in LEDs were used to soften the blue ...
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Academics say they have created a material that can make LEDs cheaper to manufacture by removing the need to use expensive rare earth element (REE) phosphors. The researchers, who work at the University of Washington have developed ...
Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are the most efficient and environmentally friendly light bulbs on the market. But they come at a higher up-front price than other bulbs, especially the ones with warmer and more appealing hues. Researchers ...
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Recently published research that questions the safety of LED lighting is misleading, according to Soraa, and the company is again asking the EPA to reconsider Energy Star efficacy requirements for SSL lamps. Despite many recent stories to ...
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Osaka-based Panasonic Corp has developed a semiconductor white light source capable of outputting luminous flux in the 10,000-lumen class. The new technology will enable wider variation in design, higher brightness and a smaller form factor ...
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This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres ...
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Lighting specialists are questioning the validity of a report by researchers at the University of Madrid which claims that the blue light from LEDs causes damage to human retina cells. In the study, researchers at Complutence University ...
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Porsche will partner with Martini Racing for the first time since 2008 this year as the German brand readies for the start of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup racing series and a cameo drive by rally ace Sebastien Loeb. The revived ...
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