organic light-emitting diode

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organic light-emitting diode

(Electronics) a cell that emits light when voltage is applied: used as a display device replacing LCD technology in hand-held devices such as mobile phones because it is brighter, thinner, faster,and cheaper. Abbreviation: OLED

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organic light-emitting diode - a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers

OLED

LED, light-emitting diode - diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

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The Galaxy Round has a curved 5.7-inch (14.5 cm) screen using an advanced display technology called organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, technology.

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9 August 2013 - German organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials specialist Novaled AG on Friday unveiled a deal which will see South Korea-based Cheil Industries Inc (KRX:001300) taking some 50% in it and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (KRX:005930) buying another 40%.

Cheil Industries, Samsung to buy German Novaled

It has the world's first full HD Super Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode display as well as a hardware which is much thinner, lighter and stronger," Samsung's Lee Don-joo said at the launch.

Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in South Korea

Samsung Display, which dominates the market for organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, panels, said investigators at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency went to its headquarters in Asan and searched for documents related to the technology.

Samsung office searched in OLED technology leak probe

Hsieh, chairman of Merck KGaA Taiwan, pointed out that the firm will set up an innovative R&D center this year, working with Taiwanese panel makers in OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), lighting, and solar power.

Merck to establish innovative R&D center in Taiwan

Salt Lake City--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.

Utah physicists invent "spintronic" LED

According a Novaled spokeswoman quoted by Reuters, the listing of the organic light-emitting diode technologies provider was among the options for tapping fresh funding to support its growth.

-Deutsche, Goldman to help Novaled go public

The company said that one of its two latest offerings is 'SCF T100', a thin flexible foaming material that serves as a dust-proof gasket material for smartphones and other electronics devices, as well as a cushioning material for applications featuring liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode.