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Researchers from Hanyang University, Gyeongsang National University, and Soongsil University have developed a high-efficiency soluble blue OLED emitter based on a hyperfluorescence architecture.

The new emitter platform uses a polymer/small-molecule hybrid emitting layer composed of a polymeric thermally TADF sensitizer and a narrowband MR-TADF emitter.

Sidtek has formally launched its OLED Meishan microdisplay module fab expansion project. The company says that the first phase in this project is expected to be complete by June 2027.

Sidtek will invest around $225 million in this project, which will include, in addition to the capacity expansion, also an establishment of an IC R&D center, and an OEM production line for AR/VR headset production.

OLED material developer Noctiluca announced that recently it has received several funding grants, that will enable it to accelerate its R&D activities. The company also says that it is working with leading OLED display makers, which are in various stages of testing its materials towards commercial adoption.

In recent weeks, Noctiluca secured a $323,000 grant, which follows $1.8 million in grants it has received in 2025. Together with its own $3,6 million financing round, this enables Noctiluca to expand its R&D efforts and accelerate its time to market, as it develop R&D agreement and joint technology projects with leading OLED makers. Noctiluca has submitted more project applications worth around $2.3 million, which are still under review. 

Reports from Korea suggests that Samsung Display has finalized its latest OLED material stack (the M16 OLED stack), and it will be deployed first in the Google Pixel 11 series (or at least in some of the phones in the series). 

Google will likely release the Google Pixel 11 series in August 2026, one year after the launch of the Pixel 10 Series. The same M16 OLED stack will likely be used in more flagship 2026 phones - the Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Fold, and the Samsung Galaxy 27.

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Apple is moving forward with its first foldable OLED iPhone project, that will launch later in 2026, and it was previously reported that the US company has ordered 13 million units from SDC towards the end of 2025. Apple originally ordered 11 million units, but has recently added 2 million more as it anticipates high demand for its new device.

But now we hear a different report from Korea. Apple is actually highly cautious, and has decided to reduce its order to only 3 million units in the first batch. Apple seems to want to advance slowly and gauge actual demand before it moves to produce more devices.

Some years ago LG Electronics aimed to be the first company to release a rollable smartphone, hoping to launch it by the end of 2021. Later in 2021 LG Electronics closed its smartphone business, and the rollable OLED phone project was scrapped.

We're still waiting for the first rollable smartphone - which will hopefully happen soon (at least rollable laptops are now shipping, although these aren't real consumer products yet, seems). An interesting video review surfaced today, showing a teardown of a prototype LG Electronics rollable OLED smartphone - the one that almost shipped.