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Thank you to display industry expert, Ian Hendy, for his commentary and analysis into the recent announcement that Smartkem and AUO have partnered to introduce a new type of #microLED #display: rollable and truly transparent. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/evh5sn5D

Today, Smartkem has announced that is has partnered with Taiwan's largest display manufacturer, AUO, to develop a new generation of rollable, transparent #microLED #displays. The collaboration marks the first microLED display product in development using Smartkem's technology. MicroLED displays provide superior brightness, efficiency and lifespan compared to existing technology. “We believe that collaborating with global display industry leader AUO to develop a novel microLED display puts Smartkem’s technology on the frontier of microLED display commercialization. Our unique #transistor technology is expected to enable display manufacturers to efficiently produce microLED displays, making mass production commercially viable. Smartkem’s technology has the potential to take today’s microLED TVs from high end market prices of $100,000 down to mass market prices,” stated Ian Jenks, Smartkem Chairman and CEO. “Because our transistors are processed at such a low temperature compared to other technologies, we are able to pour them directly on top of the microLEDs, completely eliminating the problematic mass transfer and laser welding processes required with other technologies. The key feature that enables the development of this microLED display is our unique low temperature process that allows the use of low-cost, flexible plastic rather than glass. We believe that, if successful, this collaboration will be a significant milestone for Smartkem in its road to commercialization, and for microLED display product development using our technology.” Dr. Wei-Lung Liau, Chief Technology Officer of AUO, commented, “AUO has dedicated years to developing the ultimate MicroLED display technology, forging alliances with ecosystem partners to enable mass production. In this collaboration, AUO has developed groundbreaking technologies that boost the high transparency and free-form in applications of MicroLED. With proprietary materials from Smartkem and the #OTFT production process from Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(工業技術研究院, 工研院), we are collaboratively developing the world’s first rollable MicroLED display for potential commercialization with cost advantage. We believe this will create new opportunities for the display industry and continue to expand value chain partner cooperation and influence.” The project between Smartkem and AUO will commence on January 1, 2025. The collaboration has been awarded a grant from the 2024 @Taiwan-UK Research & Development Collaboration, supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan) of Economic Affairs and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Read full press release here: https://lnkd.in/evh5sn5D

Last week, Smartkem CTO Simon Ogier was in Hangzhou, China giving a presentation at the 6th National Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors hosted by Beihang University and the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences ICCAS. The presentation looked at Smartkem's unique technology and its application in the display industry. Simon Ogier also travelled to Taiwan to meet with Smartkem Head of Technology Transfer, Steven Tsai, and our partners at RiTdisplay Corporation. Smartkem announced in March 2024 that it had commenced a project with RiTdisplay Corporation to develop a new type of active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eDT7R4ku

Smartkem Chief Technology Officer, Simon Ogier will be giving a presentation at the 6th?National Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors in Hangzhou, China on Saturday, November 9th, 2024. The presentation is titled, "OTFT materials for emissive displays and low temperature logic circuitry on plastic substrates." The presentation will take place at 13:30 local time. Presenter: Dr. Simon Ogier, CTO Presentation title: "OTFT materials for emissive displays and low temperature logic circuitry on plastic substrates." Time: 13:30-13:50 Date: Saturday, November 9th, 2024 The conference is hosted by Beihang University and the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences ICCAS), and co-organized by Fudan University. It will focus on the two major themes of "Organic Field-Effect Transistors" and "Flexible Printed Optoelectronic Materials and Devices". Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/gzk5tvcr

It's Day 1 at TechBlick: The Future of Electronics Reshaped conference in Berlin, Germany. Smartkem Senior Formulation Scientist Jordan Brannick is demonstrating Smartkem's chip-first #microLED display throughout the conference at booth no.: F01. First debuted at Society For Information Display Display Week 2024, Smartkem’s demo was a sapphire wafer with 96x96 arrays of patterned microLEDs which had been planarized with Smartkem’s materials. Vias were then formed down to the device contact pads using photolithography and etching, and finally a metal layer was sputtered and patterned to form the anode and cathode contacts to the microLEDs. The metal connections were made selectively to generate the patterned images shown. These types of samples are subsequently further processed to deposit Smartkem’s OTFT materials and direct drive connection is replaced with a connection from a drive TFT which can then be addressed in a matrix format to make an active matrix display.

Smartkem will be exhibiting at TechBlick: The Future of Electronics Reshaped global conference in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday, October 23rd & Thursday, October 24th, 2024. Smartkem’s booth no. is F01 at the Estrel Berlin Hotel and Convention Center (ECC). Smartkem Senior Formulation Scientist, Jordan Brannick, will be in situ throughout the duration of the exhibition and is available for 1-on-1 meetings. Date: Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th October, 2024 Booth no.: F01 Venue: Estrel Berlin Hotel and Convention Center (ECC), Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin To find out more about the conference, you can visit: https://lnkd.in/edeZxwnG

Smartkem Chairman and CEO Ian Jenks participates in a Fireside Chat alongside Francine Torbett, Deputy Country Director Malaysia - Trade, at the UK-Malaysia Semiconductor Forum 2024 discussing how Smartkem and other UK companies can collaborate with Malaysia in Advanced Packaging for #AI Chips. #UKinMalaysia

Smartkem CEO Ian Jenks is in #Penang this week for the UK-Malaysia Semiconductor Forum 2024. In its second year, the forum welcomes key stakeholders in the semiconductor industry including policymakers, industry representatives, academics, research institutions and investors. On Day 2 today, the forum addressed the Malaysia and UK position and ambitions in the global semiconductor value chain. #UKinMalaysia

Smartkem's Head of Business Development Michelle Ouyang met with Wayne Chiang, Mayor of Taipei City, at the 2024 #Taipei Investment Summit this week. Michelle attended the summit with Smartkem Chairman and CEO, Ian Jenks, and met with technology industry leaders and members of the Taiwanese Government.

Last week, Smartkem's technology transfer team in Taiwan were visited by Professor Ting-Chang Chang at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(工業技術研究院, 工研院) where Smartkem has a multi-year technology collaboration agreement to give global display manufacturers access to ITRI's Gen2.5 line for product prototyping using Smartkem's technology. Professor Ting-Chang Chang, a leading TFT device physicist, gave a lecture on TFT device physics as part of a wider training programme in Taiwan. Read more about the ITRI x Smartkem collaboration: https://lnkd.in/eUb9vmhk