http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192501266EE Times: Latest NewsMIT spinoff demos quantum dot display technologyNicolas MokhoffEE Times (09/01/2006 5:35 PM EDT)MANHASSET, N.Y. — QD Vision has demonstrated a proprietary, scalable printing technique for manufacturing displays based on quantum dots. The MIT spinoff is seeking commercialization partners.The fabrication method is derived from a quantum dot contact printing method originally developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to QD Vision (Watertown, Mass.), its proprietary process is designed to pave the way for a new generation of displays that are larger, more reliable and of higher quality than current displays.(...)Quantum dots displays are expected to provide sharper colors and cost less to make than the competing technologies like organic light-emitting diodes while using a similar manufacturing process to OLEDs.(...)
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