Orthogonal Trichromatic Upconversion with High Color Purity in Core-Shell Nanoparticles for a Full-Color Display

Materials with tunable emission colors has attracted increasing interest in both fundamental research and applications. As a key member of light-emitting materials family, lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been intensively demonstrated to emit light in any color upon near-infrared excitation. However, realizing the trichromatic emission in UCNPs with a fixed composition remains a great challenge. Here, without excitation pulsed modulation and three different near-infrared pumping, we report an experimental design to fine-control emission in the full color gamut from core–shell-structured UCNPs by manipulating the energy migration through dual-channel pump scheme. We also demonstrate their potential application in full-color display. These findings may benefit the future development of convenient and versatile optical methos for multicolor tuning and open up the possibility of constructing full-color volumetric display systems with high spatiotemporal resolution.     

New Developments in the Field of Luminescent Materials for Lighting and Displays

Owing to their use in fluorescent lamps and many display applications, luminescent materials affect our daily life. Improvement of already very mature as well as development of new materials demanded by a variety of new applications are the focus of research today. The latest advances in the field of electroluminescence enable new displays and light generation concepts that challenge the classical areas of application of luminescent materials.     

The Language of Graphics

Abstract

We describe a system, called the Graphics Production Library (GPL), that implements a language for quantitative graphics. The structure of this system differs from existing statistical graphics, visualization, and mapping systems. Instead of treating a graphics display as a viewer for underlying data, GPL treats data as an accessory to viewing a graph. GPL is based on the mathematical definition of the graph of a function and uses that definition to organize data linked to the graph.     

Orthoconic liquid crystals — A case study

Since the early investigations on liquid crystals it was realized how the confining surfaces often determine the textures and even properties of the material. This influence is particularly complex and important for chiral materials. When we come to chiral smectics the surfaces may have dramatic effects. These are illustrated on the ferroelectric liquid crystals; they then again increase in importance for the antiferroelectric liquid crystals where the most recent example is given by the orthoconic liquid crystals.     

Phthalocyanine

Phthalocyanines, which have been produced for 75 years as blue and then as green pigments, are the most important organic colorants. Their mostly planar aromatic π‐system provides color‐fastness, ‐homogeneity, ‐intensity and ‐stability, combined with a simple synthetic access, which are prerequisites for its use as a colorant. In recent years, phthalocyanins have also found applications in CD/Rs, as blue and green colors in LCDs, as photoconductors in laser printers, and as p‐conductors and absorbers in organic solar cells. The system exhibits a great structural variability (different substituents at and metals/semimetals in the ligand) in order to tune different properties. Because of these presuppositions the phthalocyanines have a great potential for new applications also in other fields.     

Die Welt wird flacher. Beitrag der Chemie zum flachen Fernseher

Shorter switching times, a higher resolution, larger – and ever more widely used: that is a quick summary of the success story of LC displays. The secret behind it: liquid crystalline chemicals which are high‐tech materials with highly advantageous properties which allow for low‐weight and flat LCDs exhibiting a low power consumption. LCDs have made modern communication mobile and visible. For many years Merck has been the market and technology leader in the area of liquid crystals, of their mixtures and applications.     

浮雕全息图的转印复制技术研究

采用光学树脂作为转印介质复制浮雕全息图,适于将全息图复制到硬质基底材料上.对光敏型及热敏型两种树脂用于复制浮雕全息图进行了试验,实验结果表明：复制品的衍射效率、空间频率均接近原版全息图,并具有良好的环境稳定性.运用独特的一次转移复制工艺,工艺流程简单、设备投资少,在批量化复制生产中具有实用价值.