Editorial

OLEDs through Thick and Thin
By Stephen P. Atwood

The Business of Displays

The Awakening Ink-Jet Giant for P-OLED Manufacturing
By David Fyfe and Terry Nicklin

Industry News

When Samsung unveiled its 40-in. AMOLED TV at SID 2005, it signaled the biggest salvo to date in the battle to join - and ultimately conquer - LCD and PDP TVs as the dominant technology for large-screen flat-panel displays.

Is AMOLED TV Ready to Enter the Battle for Large-Screen FPD Dominance?

When Samsung unveiled its 40-in. AMOLED TV at SID 2005, it signaled the biggest salvo to date in the battle to join - and ultimately conquer - LCD and PDP TVs as the dominant technology for large-screen flat-panel displays.
By Kyuha Chung, Joonhoo Choi, Jaehoon Jung, Beohmrock Choi, Jinkoo Chung, Baek-Woon Lee, and Changwoong Chu

Displays for Printed Electronics Using Soluble Organic Semiconductors

Printed electronics, when combined with displays, can facilitate the integration of electronic intelligence to a virtually limitless number of products.
By Klaus Ludwig, Jürgen Ficker, Wolfgang Clemens, and Wolfgang Mildner

OLEDs: The Challenges Ahead

Despite the widely acknowledged benefits of OLED-based displays, the technology has struggled to achieve market share, especially its active-matrix products. What hurdles must be conquered in order for OLEDs to achieve widespread acceptance?
By Amal Ghosh and Steven Van Slyke

Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Devices for Displays

A new technology is being developed that combines the familiar construction of a small-molecule organic LED with an inorganic emissive core that uses quantum dots. QD-LEDs combine the soluble nature of polymers for ease of manufacture with the potential for high-efficiency emission similar to phosphorescent materials.
By Greg Moeller and Seth Coe-Sullivan

Journal of the SID Preview

The papers appearing in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of the SID are previewed.
By Aris Silzars

SID News

David E. Mentley, ceramic scientist and pioneer in market analysis for the display industry, passed away at the age of 54.