CAMBRIDGE, England, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) (NASDAQ:OLED) announces the sale of an inkjet printing system and associated know-how to the National University of Singapore (NUS). CDT expects this will boost the University's already impressive rate of progress in the development of polymer electronics technologies.
In addition to installing a sophisticated Litrex 120 system, CDT will provide know-how based on extensive experience -- gained at its Technology Development Centre -- of inkjet printing for the evaluation and pre-production of P-OLED displays.
NUS has built significant expertise in the exploratory development of polymer transistor and logic circuits for plastic semiconductor electronics research at its Organic Nano Device Laboratory (ONDL), and has established an infrastructure that supports inter-departmental collaboration in this field. Several members of its faculty have long experience, including Dr Peter Ho, who heads the effort at the ONDL and has been active in this area for more than eight years. This polymer inkjet research project is part of multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental work partially funded by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), a government body which seeks to support advanced science and technology which has high growth potential.
Inkjet printing is now becoming established as an important technique for the production of future P-OLED displays and plastic semiconductor electronics, combining as it does the ability to print extremely small drops of fluids with high precision, good material utilization and scalability to large substrate sizes.
For CDT, Dr David Fyfe, CEO said: "We are delighted to be working with a partner producing such high quality work as the National University of Singapore. I am sure they will contribute substantially both to the science and its application".
Commenting for NUS, Professor Eng-Chye TAN, Dean of the Faculty of Science said: "I am looking forward to this infrastructure upgrade by the Organic Nano Device Laboratory in partnership with CDT. This is a milestone that will greatly enhance the impact of NUS and Singapore in the field!" About National University of Singapore Established since 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is acknowledged as one of the finest universities in the world. NUS is a fully comprehensive university offering a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment.
NUS has 13 faculties, with an enrolment of more than 23,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students. The University actively promotes innovation and entrepreneurship. NUS enjoys a close teaching-research nexus with 13 national- level, 12 university-level and more than 60 faculty-based research institutes and centres. The University is strongly committed to advancing knowledge and fostering innovation, educating students and nurturing talent in the service of country and society.
More information on NUS can be found at: http://www.nus.edu.sg/ About CDT
Cambridge Display Technology is a pioneer in the development of light emitting polymers (P-OLEDs) and their use in a wide range of electronic display products used for information management, communications and entertainment. P-OLEDs are part of the family of organic light emitting diodes, or OLEDs, which are thin, lightweight and power efficient devices that emit light when an electric current flows. P-OLEDs offer an enhanced visual experience and superior performance characteristics compared with other flat panel display technologies such as liquid crystal displays, and have the key advantage that they can be applied in solution using printing processes.
Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK and listed on the US NASDAQ National Market under the symbol 'OLED'. In 2005, CDT and Sumitomo Chemical established a joint venture called Sumation(TM), which develops, manufactures and sells P-OLED materials to the display industry.
More information on CDT can be found at: http://www.cdtltd.co.uk/ DATASOURCE: Cambridge Display Technology CONTACT: Terry Nicklin, Marketing Director, CDT, +44-1954-713600, ; Fun Yip, Assistant Manager (Media Relations), Office of Corporate Relations, NUS, +65-65161374, Web site: http://www.cdtltd.co.uk/ http://www.nus.edu.sg/
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