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Dr. Beverley Brown on new developments, scaling material sciences and the chemistry behind advanced display technology.
Quantum dots are revolutionizing digital displays in a way never seen before.
How do our digital displays even work? Peek into the scientific workings of a tiny pixel.
Tech industry vet Fariba Danesh reflects on 30+ years in the business of material science.
HDR master Phil Holland reflects on a bleeding-edge VFX career, transformational tools and using color to blow minds.
How tech pioneer Jason Hartlove is using quantum dot technology to revolutionize your screen experience.
In a new book about colour, Adam Rogers finds that the simplest things can mess with your mind.
Why analyst Eric Virey believes MicroLEDs will win the war for your television budget
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Shoei Chemical, Inc., a leading advanced materials manufacturer, announced today that it, together with its North American subsidiary, Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc. (Shoei), has completed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Nanosys, Inc. (Nanosys) to acquire substantially all the assets associated with the Nanosys quantum dot business.
Silicon Valley, CA – May 10, 2023 – Nanosys, a leader in the development and commercialization of quantum dot technology, today announced Dr. Martin Devenney, Nanosys’ former Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Jason Hartlove, the CEO since 2008, has stepped down from his daily operations role. After leading the company through a period of significant growth and success, Hartlove has decided to pursue other interests. He will remain on the Board of Directors as one of the largest shareholders and continue to serve as a strategic advisor to Nanosys.
Nanosys, the world’s largest independent Quantum Dot company, today announced a milestone in Quantum Dot technology commercialization with the launch of the 1,000th unique quantum dot display product since 2013.
Nanosys is pleased to announce that President and CEO, Jason Hartlove, will deliver the keynote address at the combined OLEDs World Summit and Phosphors & Quantum Dots Industry Forum events on October 26th.
Avicena enhances its leadership position in microLED-based multi-Tbps chip-to-chip interconnects through the acquisition of a microLED fab facility and engineering team from Nanosys
Growth investment, led by Fortress, Centerbridge and Kilonova, supports the expansion of quantum dots for LCDs and accelerates the commercialization of microLED and nanoLED display technologies
Nanosys, the industry innovator and leading supplier of quantum dot and microLED technologies for advanced displays, today received the 2022 Display Industry Awards Display Component of the Year award for its xQDEFTM Diffuser Plate quantum dot technology from the Society for Information Display (SID).
xQDEF™ Laminate delivers no-compromise quantum dot color and brightness for displays in a new, lower-cost package, expanding the market for quantum dot displays.
Companies join forces to bring low-cost manufacturing of flexible microLED and nanoLED displays to market
CYD and Nanosys Collaborate on New Generation of Barrier-Free Extruded Quantum Dot Components, Enabling Quantum Dot Adoption in Sub-$500 TVs, Accelerating the Proliferation of Quantum Dots in Mainstream Displays
Bill Roeschlein is an experienced public company CFO with a CPA/MBA/Big-4 background and a track record of improving profitability, enterprise value and revenue growth.
The hiring comes as Nanosys enters an era of aggressive growth and product commercialization.
The transaction expands Nanosys’ capabilities and technology offerings, accelerating development and progress toward the widespread adoption of microLED and nanoLED.
Nanosys has released a statement on the August 18th decision by the U.S. Patent Office to review the validity of U.S. Patent No. 7,105,051.
Nanosys has completed a $20 million- dollar strategic financing which will enable it to continue its expansion and growth.
Nanosys Inc., and NAGASE & CO., LTD. have announced the commencement of a worldwide sales distribution agreement. Under the agreement, NAGASE is exclusively authorized to distribute Nanosys Quantum Dot materials for various applications worldwide.
Nanosys and Shoei Chemical today announced that the companies have entered into a Quantum Dot materials supply and service agreement. Under the agreement, Shoei Chemical will manufacture Nanosys’ proprietary Quantum Dot materials exclusively for Nanosys.
UbiQD, Inc., an advanced materials company powering product innovations in agriculture, clean energy, and security, and Nanosys, Inc., the quantum dot manufacturing leader, announced today that they have agreed to partner on the development and manufacturing of UbiGro® luminescent greenhouse films.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $74 million for selected projects to research, develop, and test energy-efficient and flexible building technologies. Nanosys is one of five projects selected that support key scientific advancements in solid-state lighting technology. The company has been selected by the DOE to develop heavy-metal-free InP-based quantum dots (QDs) to endure the high-flux requirements of LEDs.
Nanosys announced that it is completing the calendar year with record-setting shipments. The market for displays based on the Nanosys’ proprietary Quantum Dot technology entered a new phase of rapid growth in 2019 with shipments of the company’s Quantum Dot materials increasing by more 50% compared to the prior year.
The market for Nanosys Quantum Dot technology continues to grow. In 2019, for the first time ever, consumers have over 100 unique products to choose from with Nanosys Quantum Dot technology inside. These products include some of the best-performing monitors and TVs on the market with vibrant, lifelike colors thanks to our Quantum Dots.
Agreement strengthens Nanosys intellectual property leadership with over 60 additional global Quantum Dot patents.
Nanosys announced the completion of a multi-million-dollar investment in the company’s Silicon Valley manufacturing facility. The investment more than doubles the commercial production capacity for Nanosys proprietary Quantum Dot materials.
The abstract short film “Quantum Flows,” debuts today at the 8K Display Summit 2019 in New York City. Shot entirely in stunning Rec.2020 8K HDR by Director Phil Holland, the film explores the vividly colorful world of Nanosys’ Quantum Dot nanocrystals few consumers have seen.
Nanosys announced that it will showcase the latest advances in the company’s Quantum Dot technologies and materials at the 2019 Society for Information Display (SID) DisplayWeek International Symposium being held from May 12 to 17, 2019.
Nanosys and DIC today announced a breakthrough in inkjet-printed Quantum Dot color conversion devices for LCD and emissive displays, paving the way to the $12.6 billion anticipated market for low cost, ultra-thin and flexible displays.
Nanosys today received the 2017 Display Industry Awards (DIA) Display Component of the Year award for its Hyperion Quantum Dot technology from the Society for Information Display (SID).
Exciton Technology to begin fulfilling orders for Nanosys-certified Quantum Dot Enhancement Film in early 2017
Nanosys, Inc., today introduced Hyperion Quantum Dots, a new Quantum Dot material system that represents a significant development breakthrough in unlocking the market for displays meeting the BT.2020 UltraHD color standard.
Nanosys, Inc. announced today that Hitachi Chemical and Nanosys have partnered in the development of QDEF optical films for display applications.
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Display Week 2024 was an amazing week for Quantum Dots, and the SID graciously shared each of the QD-related keynote talks on its YouTube channel. We present them here in order of appearance.
Leading the charge in moving away from cadmium, Nanosys has been instrumental in advancing cadmium-free QD technology.
Discover how a new approach using UV microLEDs and cadmium- and lead-free quantum dots could revolutionize display technology, offering brighter, more efficient, and eco-friendly full-color screens.
The Tech n Biz team visited Nanosys’ booth at the recent SID Display Week event in San Jose, CA. This is their write-up, with photos!
Quantum Dot (QD) MiniLEDs are revolutionizing TV technology, set to surpass OLED TVs by 2025 with superior dimming, HDR, and color performance, driven by industry giants and market growth.
In the latest episode of the Home Theater Geeks podcast, Scott Wilkinson takes listeners on a virtual tour of Display Week 2024, including the amazing electroluminescent Quantum Dot (QDEL) demos shown by Sharp, Samsung, and TCL.
There is just one week left until Display Week 2024 kicks off here in Silicon Valley. This is our guide to all the best Quantum Dot programming at this year’s event!
Caleb Dennison of Digital Trends got to go eyes-on with QDEL technology at CES and Sharp even let him bring his camera crew. Great first look at a future display technology that is making rapid progress towards commercialization:
This year’s NanoLED demonstration by Sharp, in a private room at CES 2024, represented a huge leap forward for emissive quantum dot technology over the previous year. We look forward to sharing more news on the technology at SID Display Week in May.
Shoei Chemical celebrates the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Quantum Dots by sponsoring a free collection of featured content, articles from the winners, related research papers, and reviews, news and opinion pieces that highlight the development of quantum dots over the past three decades.
It’s been a big week for Quantum Dot technology! On Monday a quantum dot TV was crowned “King of TV” and, on Wednesday morning, we learned that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three early Quantum Dot pioneers.
Chris Boylan for Big Picture Big Sound: “The winner in all three categories: SDR, HDR and bright room/out-of-the-box settings was the Sony A95L QD-OLED. This means the new "King of 4K TV" is the Sony A95L QD-OLED TV.”
Nanosys will give a featured presentation at this October's OLEDs World Summit in Seoul. the show’s organizers spoke with Dr. ZhongSheng Luo, Vice President of Sales and general Manager of Product Development at Nanosys, to get a sneak peek of what we can expect from his presentation.
Nanosys has been acquired by Shoei Chemical of Japan, and it has ambitious plans for the next big thing in TV screen technology.
Thursday Night Football is back and Amazon Prime is upgrading the experience for fans this year by broadcasting all games HDR. We measured the colors of the jerseys in the week 3 matchup to see if they will be presented more accurately in HDR with its expanded color palette.
RTINGS just published their list of the 7 Best TVs on the market. We were excited to see that sets based on quantum dot technology won five of the seven categories!
In Samsung’s IFA 2023 innovation room, a modified QD-OLED TV was used to illustrate how it can display content outside of DCI-P3 - and its gamut even exceeds the reference monitor, the Sony X-310.Shoei Chemical of Japan has acquired Nanosys, the US-based supplier of quantum dots for LCD and OLED displays, and plans to accelerate development of EL-QD displays.Quantum dots (QD) are a key enabling technology for next-generation displays, including MiniLEDs, QD-OLEDs and electroluminescent NanoLEDs, providing a growth opportunity for Shoei Chemical.
Shoei Chemical, Inc., a leading advanced materials manufacturer, announced that it has completed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Nanosys, Inc. to acquire substantially all the assets associated with the Nanosys quantum dot business.
Nanosys Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Ilan Jen-La Plante, will present a talk on “Developing Next-Generation Quantum Dots for Next-Generation Displays” at the DSCC AR/VR Display Forum on September 12, 2023.
CNET recently named TCL’s Quantum Dot enhanced 6-Series TV lineup their “Best TV of 2023”. The win marks the brand, and quantum dot technology’s, 5th straight award for Best TV. The combination of Quantum Dot color, miniLED contrast and a great operating system are pretty hard to beat!
Information Display's team of reporters covered many noteworthy events and exhibitions at the action-packed Display Week. This compilation of highlights features sessions and developments each has found significant based on their areas of expertise.
Jeff Yurek, VP of marketing at Nanosys, talks to Display Daily about the use of toxic heavy metals in quantum dot production, and the emerging regulations that will make it virtually impossible to include those materials in future OLED products.
Calling all filmmakers! The new FSI XMP550 mastering monitor featuring a QD-OLED display will begin shipping September 2023.
“In an HDR world where brightness matters, these differences in the S90C’s favour compared with its mid-range competitors are big attractions.”