Advances in Solid-state Lighting Promise Higher Energy Efficiency and Greater Design Flexibility

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Considering the growing importance of energy savings and environment friendliness, solid-state lighting is emerging a highly competent and viable alternative to existing lighting technologies. While light emitting diodes (LEDs) promise numerous advantages such as higher energy efficiency, longer life and reliability, as well as low temperature performance, customer requirements for innovative solutions that provide better control over the color, shape, and intensity of light is driving the demand for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as light sources.


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