Japan Display (the new small/medium display maker that merged Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba's businesses) announced it will join Kyushu University OPERA center in its OLED research project.
The OPERA center (or the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronic Research) project (titled "Challenges for superior organic EL devices and innovative materials for the devices") is very broad - from basic research to application and development, including synthesis of new luminescent materials, device fabrication and elementary technology for display panel production processing.
The project is headed by Professor Chihaya Adach, and is being supported by the Japanese government since 2010. There are twelve private enterprises, one public research institution and eleven universities that currently participate in the project.
Japan Display already announced in April 2012 that is has plans to enter the OLED market - and actually hopes to start mass producing OLED displays for smartphones by March 2013. JD aims to achieve over 300 ppi and develop panels that are more efficient than Samsung's OLEDs.
