In 2012 we posted about a the Spin-OLED, a new spin-polarized polymer efficient OLED device developed at the University of Utah and the Israeli Technion. Now Professor Z. Valy Vardeny from Utah gave a talk (titled "Spin Effects in Organic Optoelectronic Devices") describing the Spin-OLED in more details:

Professor Vardeny also gives an introduction to organic Spintronics and introduces the hybrid organic/inorganic spintronics device and explains how OPV can be enhanced by spin 1/2 radical additives.

LG ELectronics launched the 55EA9800 55" curved OLED TV to the Chinese market. The TV will cost ¥59,999 (about $9,800, slightly cheaper than the US price of $9,999). It will be available via both online and offline channels.

LG's EA9800 features an Oxide-TFT WRGB Full-HD OLED panel (like LG's 55EM9700 flat OLED TV, which isn't shipping in China yet). The TV features "infinite" contrast ratio, passive 3D, Smart Touch Controls and a "paper-slim" design. It is made from Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) and weighs just 17 Kg and is only 4.3 mm thick. The curved screen "removes any hint of visual distraction to maximize the viewing experience".

Corning recently announced the new second-gen Lotus XT high-performance glass suitable for OLED displays. The company has been supplying glass substrate and cover glass for OLED displays for years now. Now Corning was kind enough to participate in a Q&A session here on OLED-Info to better explain how they see the OLED market and what the future holds for Corning and OLEDs.

We talked to two Corning executives. John Bayne is Corning's High Performance Displays VP and General Manager, while Harrison Smookler is the commercial director and program manager of Willow Glass Substrates (flexible glass).

Tianma selected Corning's Lotus XT Glass for its line of LTPS panels. Tianma is currently producing LCDs but will hopefully start AMOLED production in 2014.

Tianma says they chose Lotus XG Glass because of the advanced properties of the glass. The company’s LTPS line is located in Xiamen, China, and has a capacity of 30,000 TFT modules, and more than 30,000 color-filter modules per month. It is the first Gen 5.5 LTPS line in China.

Colnatec and Novaled announced today that the two companies will work together to test the performance Colnatec's Tempre" heated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor system for device layer self-regeneration in continuously-run OLED production.

Colnatec Tempe sensor system

Colnatec explains that measuring the thickness of an OLED layer (often on the order of nanometers) is a direct function of the temperature of the sensor and substrate being coated. If you do not monitor and equalize the temperature, the thickness accuracy will suffer which can lead to inconsistencies as great as 50% per layer. The Tempe system can extend sensor lifetime and improve cost efficiency in long, continuous runs.

Seiki, a low-cost TV brand owned by China's THTF Global, unveiled a large flat OLED TV prototype at IFA 2013. That's the only information I besides this photo below:

I do not know who made this panel, it's likely that it is LG Display (that was also my bet for the Haier OLED TV prototype). We know that LGD are interested in supplying OLED panels to other companies (besides LG Electronics) - or at least that was true for the beginning of 2013 when the company's CEO said that the company is in talks with Japanese TV makers for the supply of panels.

A few days ago Sony announced the new PS Vita (PHC-2000, or Vita 2013). This new device uses an LCD display that replaces the OLED used by the original PS Vita. Both screens are 5" 960x544. Now someone took a couple of photos comparing the two devices. Here's on of those photos, the original OLED is on the top:

On this picture it seems as if the OLED is better, but on the other picture it's not so clear.Hopefully we'll get some reviews of the new Vita with a display comparison to the older device. I think it's highly likely that Sony opted for an LCD either to save costs, or simply because Samsung does not have enough capacity to supply them with a relatively large (5") OLED panel at the moment.

Nissan is working on a concept smartwatch specifically for their Nismo motorsport cars. The idea is that the watch monitors and analyzes the car's performance, and also the driver's heart rate and allows posting information directly to social media (via bluetooth).

This is just a concept currently, but Nissan will show this at the Frankfurt Motor Show - starting tomorrow. It appears that this watch uses a flexible display, it'll be interesting to know if they have a working prototype with a flexible AMOLED. At any rate, it seems that wearable smart-watches are quite the thing these days.

Solomon Systech and Visionox announced that they jointly developed a new qHD (960x540) AMOLED driver IC, which they say is the first one developed in China. The driver passed verification using a 4.6" WVGA full-color AMOLED (probably made by Visionox). The companies are now working to develop a driver with a higher resolution.

This project was funded by China's Electronics Information Industry Development Fund under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Motorola says they now assemble over 400,000 Moto X phones each month. The Moto X's display is a 4.7" 720p (316 ppi) AMOLED panel made by Samsung.

While these numbers aren't very high compared to Samsung's own sales (for example they made about 10 million GS4 phones a month when they launched) it is still good news for Motorola and their US factory (which is somewhat depressing still if you check the image above).