July 15, 2012

Utah Physicists Invent ‘Spintronic’ LED




Utah Physicists Invent ‘Spintronic’ LED

NEW TECHNOLOGY PROMISES BRIGHTER TV AND COMPUTER DISPLAYS

July 12, 2012 – University of Utah physicists invented a new “spintronic” organic light-emitting diode or OLED that promises to be brighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the kinds of LEDs now used in television and computer displays, lighting, traffic lights and numerous electronic devices.

“It’s a completely different technology,” says Z. Valy Vardeny, University of Utah distinguished professor of physics and senior author of a study of the new OLEDs in the July 13, 2012 issue of the journal Science. “These new organic LEDs can be brighter than regular organic LEDs.”

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