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SmartKem, Nanosys Partner to Develop Materials for Advanced Displays

Nanosys will partner with SmartKem, an organic semiconductor platform, to develop a new generation of low-cost solution-printed microLED and quantum dot materials for advanced displays, said the companies Wednesday. The companies believe their partnership will result in creating a new…

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class of low-power, robust, flexible and lightweight displays, they said: “Initial validation work on the equipment, processes and materials readiness has already occurred.” SmartKem will provide organic thin-film transistor backplanes to enable the manufacture of microLED displays using Nanosys’ microLED and electroluminescent quantum dot nanoLED technologies, they said. “We believe that display makers are eager to utilize microLEDs and quantum dot nanoLED materials for new display applications in a high-throughput and cost-efficient manner,” said Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove.