Material Research and Device Development

Phosphors exhibiting narrower emission bands can make better candidates for some display, lighting, and detection applications.

Luminescent nanocrystals also provide narrow emission bands and can be continuously tunable. Some of these technologies are already being used in limited commercial products but this is still an active area of research for next generation lighting systems, display devices and detection. PhosphorTech has the capability to develop and produce various types of luminescent nanocrystals.

Shape control provides unique options for minimizing self-absorption and thermal quenching losses in nanocrystals, therefore creating new possibilities for higher performance optoelectronic devices with precisely tuned properties for specific applications.

Composition control can also be used to achieve broadband emission from nanocrystals, similar to that achieved using bulk phosphors.

PhosphorTech also has the capability to develop and produce various non-luminescent nanostructures and microstructures, including metal nanoparticles of gold, silver and copper in a wide range of particle sizes and shapes. These materials can be formulated as inks and generally supplied as dispersions in organic or aqueous solvent systems, depending on the application requirements.