Abstract:
The present invention provides a device at least comprising a laminated heterostructure (10) and a data modulating and energy harvesting control unit (6) electrically connected to the laminated heterostructure. The laminated heterostructure (10) comprises a graphene layer (2) and a dielectric-metal compound layer (4). The dielectric-metal compound layer (4) may, for example, comprise doped silicon or doped aluminium. The control unit (6) is configured to alter the relative proportions in which the laminated heterostructure (10) can reflect and absorb incident radiation by altering the optoelectronic properties of the laminated heterostructure, and to select whether the laminated heterostructure (10) transmits data by optical modulation of incident radiation, harvests energy from incident radiation, reflects incident radiation, or a combination of all three. Thus, the invention also provides a method of operating a device comprising a laminated heterostructure (10) of a graphene layer (2) and a dielectric-metal compound layer (4). The control unit (6) may set the relative proportions in which the laminated heterostructure (10) can reflect and absorb incident radiation to be different at different wavelengths, and to absorb or reflect substantially all of the incident radiation in a particular waveband. Furthermore, the invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of devices, each comprising such a laminated heterostructure (10), which can be arranged in a cellular pattern on a surface (12), such as by inkjet printing or by being integrated into a flexible membrane. The surface may, for example, be a wall of a building or an outer surface of a domestic appliance or of an electronic device. Thus the apparatus is able to provide the surface of whatever object it is applied to with a "smart" coating, the optoelectronic properties of which can be altered as desired to give the surface a variety of different functions.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a light source; a wavelength conversion member to convert a wavelength of light generated from the light source; and a light guide member to guide the light converted by the wavelength conversion member, wherein the wavelength conversion member is disposed in an insertion hole formed in the light guide member.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device (10), comprising: a blue emitting backlight unit (12); a shutter substrate (14) with thin film transistors (34); a first polarizer (28) on the surface (16) facing the blue backlight unit (12); a liquid crystal layer (20) disposed adjacent to an opposite surface (18) of the shutter substrate (14); a second polarizer (30); and a color change layer (22) comprising a polymer and a quantum dot material, wherein the color change layer (22) is disposed on a surface of a color change substrate (24).
Abstract:
To maximize the critical angle, θc, and the reflectance, R, in total internal reflection reflective image displays, the difference in the refractive indices between the surface of the transparent front sheet and the liquid medium comprising of electrophoretically mobile particles must be maximized. High index optical glasses may be used to fabricate the front sheet but are costly and difficult to manufacture with fine structural features. Polymers may be used to fabricate the transparent front sheet as they are cheaper and simpler to process into desired structures but typically have low indices of refraction. Polymers comprising of dispersed high refractive index particles may be used to increase the refractive index of the transparent front sheet. The polymers may be formed from UV-curable liquid monomers.
Abstract:
An electrochromic device and method, the device including: a first transparent conductor layer; a working electrode disposed on the first transparent conductor layer and including nanostructures; a counter electrode; a solid state electrolyte layer disposed between the counter electrode and the working electrode; and a second transparent conductor layer disposed on the counter electrode. The nanostructures may include transition metal oxide nanoparticles and/or nanocrystals configured to tune the color of the device by selectively modulating the transmittance of near-infrared (NIR) and visibleradiation as a function of an applied voltage to the device.
Abstract:
A display device includes a backlight, a first substrate on a path of light output from the backlight, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a light amount control layer between the first and second substrates, a colour filter layer on the second substrate at a pixel area, and a light conversion layer between the light amount control layer and the colour filter layer. The light conversion layer outputs white light.
Abstract:
The present invention provides light-emitting diode (LED) devices comprises compositions and containers of hermetically sealed luminescent nanocrystals. The present invention also provides displays comprising the LED devices. Suitably, the LED devices are white light LED devices.
Abstract:
A color filter includes a substrate, a first color conversion layer, a second color conversion layer, a barrier wall, and a light blocking layer. The substrate includes a first pixel region spaced from a second pixel region. The first color conversion layer is on the first pixel region and converts incident light to light of a first color. The second color conversion layer is on the second pixel region and converts the incident light to light of a second color. The barrier wall is between the first and second color conversion layers over the substrate. The light blocking layer extends continuously on a bottom surface and a side surface of the barrier wall, and the bottom surface faces the substrate.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a color conversion film and to a use of the color conversion film in an optical device. The color conversion film comprises a red sub color area which comprises nanosized 1st and 2nd red color converting material and a green sub color area which comprises nanosized 1st and 2nd green color converting material. The invention further relates to an optical device comprising the color conversion film, a light switching element, and a color filter. The invention also relates to method for preparing the color conversion film, and method for preparing the optical device.
Abstract:
Methods of charging an electrochromic device includes post assembly charging using a sacrificial redox agent, lithium diffusion into an electrode from a lithium layer or salt bridge charging, or pre assembly charging using proton photoinjection into an electrode.