Chien-Chung Lin, Huang-Yu Lin, Kuo-Ju Chen, Sheng-Wen Wang, Kuan-Yu Wang, Jie-Ru Li, Huang-Ming Chen and Hao-Chung Kuo The use of distributed Bragg reflectors in remote-phosphor white-LED packaging significantly improves luminous ...
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Highly efficient, LEDs could slash the world’s electricity consumption. They are already sold in stores, but more widespread adoption of the technology has been hindered by high costs due to limited availability of raw materials and ...
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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, ...
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Taiwanese LED maker Everlight Electronics Co Ltd says that, on 22 April, the jury before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that all asserted claims of the white LED patents of Japan's Nichia Corp are invalid ...
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Acrostic jewelry uses the first letter of each gemstone set in the jewelry to spell out certain messages or terms of endearment. Among the most popular was “regard”--ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby and diamond--spelled out ...
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The “Blue Belle of Asia,” weighing 392.52 carats, set a new world record price for a sapphire when it sold for $17.5 million, leading Christie’s to its highest jewelry auction total ever. Click through the gallery to ...
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Worn by actress Christina Hendricks at the Emmy Awards, this ring by designer Neil Lane features a 50-carat garnet set in 18-karat gold with diamonds. Click through this slideshow to see the best in celebrity jewelry from the MTV VMAs and ...
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FSU and Nike partner to enhance FSU marks and unify Seminole brand across sports. Nearly two years ago, Florida State approached longtime partner Nike for assistance to evaluate, enhance and express the celebrated marks of its athletics ...
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This ring is one of the new pieces in designer Lisa Nik's Honeymoon collection. Click through this slideshow to see designer Lisa Nik's newest pieces, showcased at Centurion. Scottsdale, Ariz.--Lisa Nik unveiled new custom-designed ...
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About Abrasives NSN Parts and Its Product Range: Abrasives in general are simply rough materials that are used to shape or finish work pieces, essentially like sandpaper. This product is extremely common for countless applications, ...
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Estrella Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EST) ("Estrella" or the "Company") announces that Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF)(PARIS:CLF) ("Cliffs"), has released ...
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If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
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The No.1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, China has upheld the validity of Japan-based Nichia's two YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) patents in a lawsuit against the largest Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics, ...
University of California Santa Barbara has been exploring the use of laser diodes (LDs) in combination with phosphors as a means to produce white light [Kristin A. Denault et al, AIP Advances, vol3, p072107, 2013]. Commercial 'white' ...
Tags: Near-UV LD, Blue LD, LED, Electrical, Electronics
CNC Laser Cutting also referred to as Computer Numerical Control laser cutting is the very latest in technology that makes use of computer capabilities along with high density light energy to make very accurate cuts. The metal piece cut by ...