Heraeus is a precious metals and technology group based in Germany.
In September 2010, Heraeus bought the Clevios business unit from H.C. Starck. Clevios developed a wide range of Conductive Polymers that have been developed for use as the hole injection layer (HIL) in OLED displays.
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ITRI demonstrate new flexible, foldable and rollable OLED prototypes
DOE researchers develop a new polymer based ITO replacement for OLED displays
Heraeus announces new polymer OLED HIL-E materials
Heraeus is introducing new polymer OLED materials. The HIL-E grades is a combination of Hole Injection Layer and a high conductive electrode - and so provide an economic ITO alternative. These are PEDOT formulations designed for the OLED lighting industry.
The HIL-E materials feature excellent planarization properties and a refractive index that matches glass and plastic substrates. The formulations are also pH neutral. Regular and high work function grades are available. These polymer-based materials are suitable for slot-die coating, ink-jet printing and other deposition processes.
Kodak and Heraeus co-developed a cost-effective ITO alternative
Kodak and Heraeus have developed a new easily-patterend transparent conductive film that can be used as a cost-effective alternative to ITO in touch displays. The two companies unveiled a 14" touch LCD prototype that was was fabricated using Kodak HCF-225 Film/ESTAR base and the Clevios PEDOT:PSS coating with a surface resistivity of 225 ohms/sq. It was fabricated using conventional printing processes, including UV-cured and heat processed inks.
According to the companies, the polymer-based touch screen system provides superior touch performance, flexibility, stability, a high level of transparency, neutral color and low haze all at an economic price
Nanomarkets - the European OLED lighting market will reach $1.5 billion by 2015
Nanomarkets released a new report (OLED Lighting Markets Europe-2011) in which they analyze the European OLED lighting market. They forecast that the total OLED lighting market will reach $1.5 billion in sales by 2016.
German OLED lighting panel sales will reach almost $360 million in OLED panel sales by 2016 - Germany will account for one fourth of all OLED lighting sales (between 2011-2018). In addition, the OLED lighting manufacturing in Europe is concentrated in Germany which is home to major facilities operated by BASF, Fraunhofer IPMS, Philips, Heraeus, Osram, Ledon, Merck and Novaled.
