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Title: Printed Assemblies of Inorganic Light-Emitting Diodes for Deformable and Semitransparent Displays

Abstract

We have developed methods for creating microscale inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and for assembling and interconnecting them into unusual display and lighting systems. The LEDs use specialized epitaxial semiconductor layers that allow delineation and release of large collections of ultrathin devices. Diverse shapes are possible, with dimensions from micrometers to millimeters, in either flat or “wavy” configurations. Printing-based assembly methods can deposit these devices on substrates of glass, plastic, or rubber, in arbitrary spatial layouts and over areas that can be much larger than those of the growth wafer. Furthermore, the thin geometries of these LEDs enable them to be interconnected by conventional planar processing techniques. Displays, lighting elements, and related systems formed in this manner can offer interesting mechanical and optical properties.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [3];  [5];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
  2. Semprius, Durham, NC (United States)
  3. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  4. Inst. of High Performance Computing, Connexis (Singapore)
  5. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1876039
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46471; FG02-07ER46453; DMI-0328162
Resource Type:
Other
Journal Name:
Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 325; Journal Issue: 5943; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Park, Sang-Il, Xiong, Yujie, Kim, Rak-Hwan, Elvikis, Paulius, Meitl, Matthew, Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Wu, Jian, Yoon, Jongseung, Yu, Chang-Jae, Liu, Zhuangjian, Huang, Yonggang, Hwang, Keh-chih, Ferreira, Placid, Li, Xiuling, Choquette, Kent, and Rogers, John A. Printed Assemblies of Inorganic Light-Emitting Diodes for Deformable and Semitransparent Displays. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1126/science.1175690.
Park, Sang-Il, Xiong, Yujie, Kim, Rak-Hwan, Elvikis, Paulius, Meitl, Matthew, Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Wu, Jian, Yoon, Jongseung, Yu, Chang-Jae, Liu, Zhuangjian, Huang, Yonggang, Hwang, Keh-chih, Ferreira, Placid, Li, Xiuling, Choquette, Kent, & Rogers, John A. Printed Assemblies of Inorganic Light-Emitting Diodes for Deformable and Semitransparent Displays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1175690
Park, Sang-Il, Xiong, Yujie, Kim, Rak-Hwan, Elvikis, Paulius, Meitl, Matthew, Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Wu, Jian, Yoon, Jongseung, Yu, Chang-Jae, Liu, Zhuangjian, Huang, Yonggang, Hwang, Keh-chih, Ferreira, Placid, Li, Xiuling, Choquette, Kent, and Rogers, John A. 2009. "Printed Assemblies of Inorganic Light-Emitting Diodes for Deformable and Semitransparent Displays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1175690. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1876039.
@article{osti_1876039,
title = {Printed Assemblies of Inorganic Light-Emitting Diodes for Deformable and Semitransparent Displays},
author = {Park, Sang-Il and Xiong, Yujie and Kim, Rak-Hwan and Elvikis, Paulius and Meitl, Matthew and Kim, Dae-Hyeong and Wu, Jian and Yoon, Jongseung and Yu, Chang-Jae and Liu, Zhuangjian and Huang, Yonggang and Hwang, Keh-chih and Ferreira, Placid and Li, Xiuling and Choquette, Kent and Rogers, John A.},
abstractNote = {We have developed methods for creating microscale inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and for assembling and interconnecting them into unusual display and lighting systems. The LEDs use specialized epitaxial semiconductor layers that allow delineation and release of large collections of ultrathin devices. Diverse shapes are possible, with dimensions from micrometers to millimeters, in either flat or “wavy” configurations. Printing-based assembly methods can deposit these devices on substrates of glass, plastic, or rubber, in arbitrary spatial layouts and over areas that can be much larger than those of the growth wafer. Furthermore, the thin geometries of these LEDs enable them to be interconnected by conventional planar processing techniques. Displays, lighting elements, and related systems formed in this manner can offer interesting mechanical and optical properties.},
doi = {10.1126/science.1175690},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1876039}, journal = {Science},
issn = {0036-8075},
number = 5943,
volume = 325,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}

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