Recent Quantum Dots News - Page 2

During CES 2024, several device makers announced new TVs and monitors based on Samsung Display's QD-OLED panels. It seems as if market acceptance for SDC's high-end QD panels is on the rise:

• Samsung Odyssey 2024 gaming monitors (27" 1440p 360Hz / 32" 4K 240Hz / 49" 5120x1440 240Hz QD-OLED
• Samsung S95D, S90D, S85D (QD-OLED and WOLED TVs)
• Gigabyte AORUS 2024 QD-OLED monitors (27", 31.5", 34" QD-OLEDs)
• HP Omen Transcend 32 gaming monitor (32" 240Hz 4K QD-OLED)
• Dell Alienware AW2725DF / AW3225QF monitors (27", 32" QD-OLEDs)

TCL announced what it says is the world's largest miniLED backlit QD display - the QM8 (Model 115QM89). This 115" TV offers 20,000 local dimming zones, TCL's AIPQ Ultra processor,  a 6.2.2 channel speaker system, and the company's High Brightness Ultimate LED backlighting, which can produce up to 5,000 nits of peak brightness.

TCL did not yet disclose the price or availability of the 115" QM8.

Korea-based automotive component supplier Hyundai Mobis announced that it has developed a premium vehicle display combining Quantum Dots and Local Dimming technologies. The display is 27-inch in size. The company refers to this display as QL (Quantum dots and Local dimming).

The company says that this is the first such display in the world, and that it offers enhanced color reproduction thanks to the quantum dots technology, and higher contrast thanks to the local dimming technology.

The prestigious Nobel Chemistry prize for 2023 was awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Ekimov, the three scientists that discovered quantum dots.  The Nobel prize is worth 11 million Swedish crowns (around $1 million), and will be split between the 3 winners.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, that awards the prize, stated that "Researchers believe that in the future they (QDs) could contribute to flexible electronics, tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and encrypted quantum communication".

Value Electronics hosted their annual TV shootout, checking several high-end TVs to see which model provides the best images.

There were six TVs tested in the 4K TV category, two QD-OLEDs, one OLED, and three mini-LED LCDs. The best TV was Sony's A95L QD-OLED TV. The runner-ups were Samsung's S95C (another QD-OLED TV) and LG's G3 OLED (with an LGD WOLED Panel).

Quantum Dots technology is being used today in many display applications (mostly in LCD and OLED displays), and it is expected that adoption QDs in the display industry will continue to grow quickly. Here are some recent and popular news that you may find of interest:

• IDTechEx: The global QD market will reach $550 million by 2034
• Shoei Chemical acquires leading QD developer Nanosys
• Canon announces new quantom-dot inks for display applications
• Samsung Display shows its latest QD-OLED displays at Display Week 2023
• BOE demonstrates a 4.7" high-resolution AMQLED prototype
• Sharp launches its first QD-OLED TV, the AQUOS FS1
• Asus and Philips launch new QD-OLED gaming monitors
• Samsung developed an all-printed 12.4" 182 PPI EL-QD display
• TCL's latest QLED miniLED TV is the world's brightest at 5,000 nits
• Newly-developed perovskite QDs are promising for display color conversion applications
• Samsung Display completes the switch to a full-fledged QD-OLED centered business
• Samsung said to increase QD-OLED capacity to produce monitor panels for Apple

IDTechEx posted an article detailing the company's views on the quantum dot materials market for the display industry. The article details the progress from QD on Edge technology, to QDEF,  QDOG, QDCC and finally QLED displays (emissive QDs, or QD-EL).

IDTechEx believes that QDs are the "ultimate emissive material for displays", tracking efficiency and lifetime improvements. IDTechEx estimates that the global market for QD materials will reach $550 million by 2023 - this includes all QD applications, not just displays (but displays is one of the major markets).

Japan-based Shoei Chemical announced today that it is acquiring US-based QD developer Nanosys. This is not a complete acquisition, but Shoei acquires "substantially all the assets associated with the Nanosys quantum dot business".  Shoei will continue to operate the Nanosys brand and its Silicon Valley-based R&D facility and labs.

Shoei Chemical has been exclusively producing Nanosys' quantum dots materials for the past four years, and the companies already have a close relationship. Nanosys has shipped QD materials to over 1,000 unique products and a total of over 70 million devices, including monitors, TVs and tablets.