Large-Scale FP7 European Project: Fast2Light "High-throughput, large area and cost-effective OLED production technologies"
Organic electroluminescence (OLED) holds the promise to deliver flexible, thin, lightweight and power-efficient light sources. Research up until now has been mainly motivated by work on glass-based displays, where the aspects of increased contrast, high viewing angle and response speed are critical. However, intelligent lighting applications are becoming increasingly relevant; here, the unique properties of OLED for high power-efficiency, uniform large-area light emission, and flexibility can give rise to a range of products that can transform the world we live in. The overall objective of Fast2Light is to develop novel, cost-effective, high-throughput, roll-to-roll, large area deposition processes for fabricating light-emitting polymer-OLED foils for intelligent lighting applications.
Start Date: Feb 2008
Duration: 36 mth
EU contribution: 10M€
13 partners, 8 countries
www.fast2light.org
As part of a major European collaborative project, Oxford Lasers is developing advanced laser manufacturing processes to deliver the lighting products of the future. The scope of the project comprises all of the layers that are part of an OLED lighting foil, from substrate selection and high-throughput deposition to patterning methods for all of the materials necessary to fabricate the final lighting foil. In doing so, the optimum device architectures, designs and manufacturing methods will be developed.
Strengthening the European Lighting Industry
Fast2Light aims to strengthen the leading position of the European Lighting Industry by enabling new technologies and market possibilities. Furthermore, these new sustainable disruptive technologies will create long-term European manufacturing jobs due to their high degree of technical novelty and specialization. Finally, the intellectual property generated in new process and product domains will protect these advances from Asian and US competition.
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