Despite revolutionizing illumination, even top-of-the-line nitride LEDs are far from their maximum efficiency when operating at the high power needed for lighting applications. Logan Williams and Emmanouil Kioupakis at the University of ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA says that, at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in San Francisco on 25 May during the IEEE Vision, Innovations, and Challenges (IEEE VIC) Summit, George Craford (the Lumileds Solid State Lighting Fellow) will ...
The LED materials market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% from 2016 to $12.55bn in 2021, forecasts a report from MarketsandMarkets. The market is driven by the growing demand for LED materials in general ...
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Global demand for LED chips has been picking up strongly, and is expected to finally exceed supply in 2017. In addition, Apple has recently patented a new smartphone solution that would use a range of Micro LEDs for fingerprint recognition. ...
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As 2016 comes to an end, there were many exciting and surprising technology breakthroughs, based on statistics complied by LEDinside there were at least 10 major technology advancements this year. American researchers make droop free LEDs ...
China-based makers of LED materials, including aluminum substrates, copper foil and plastic materials, have hiked quotes by 30-40%, sending China-based LED chip makers raising prices by about 10%. China-based LED packaging service providers ...
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Luminaires for toddler require special design that takes care their devloping eyes. The materilas from Covestro enables glare- free LED lights which gently illuminate baby carriages without disturbing glare. (All Photo Courtesy of Covestro) ...
Tags: Covestro Lights, glare-free LED lights, Baby Carriages
Alpha, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering and bonding materials, has developed advanced alloys for improved thermal stability and reliability for high temperature operation and higher thermal fatigue and vibration ...
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A Florida State University engineering professor has developed a new highly efficient and low cost light emitting diode that could help spur more widespread adoption of the technology. "It can potentially revolutionize lighting ...
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Researchers in South Korea have used electrochemical potentiostatic activation (EPA) to alter the hydrogen content in p-type gallium nitride (GaN) layers with a view to improved performance of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [June Key Lee et ...
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The global LED materials market will grow from $5.01bn in 2013 to $11.71bn in 2018, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan. As LEDs are rapidly taking the place of older, less durable and energy-efficient lighting technologies ...
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Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have used evanescent wave coupling to enhance the light output power of red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by a factor of 3.8 [Guo-Dong Hao ...
Tags: Red LEDs AlGaInP, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, introduced new Dow Corning® MS-2002 Moldable White Reflector Silicone at Strategies in Light Europe 2013. This highly reflective white material extends ...
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Signaling the end of a patent battle lasting for almost three years, Korea’s Intellectual Property Tribunal (IPT) rejected an attempt to invalidate Dow Corning patent 10-976075. The patent is among Dow Corning’s rich ...
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While conventional LED materials enabled the start-up and initial development of the industry, higher performing products such as silicones can help solid-state lighting meet more challenging performance requirements for fast-growing ...
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