Flexible microstructured organic light sources for automotive applications

Patrizia Melpignano; Sabino Sinesi; A. Baron Toaldo; Viviana Biondo; Michele Muccini; Roberto Zamboni; Michael T. Gale; Susanne Westenhofer

doi:10.1117/12.548969

8 September 2004 Flexible microstructured organic light sources for automotive applications

Patrizia Melpignano, Sabino Sinesi, A. Baron Toaldo, Viviana Biondo, Michele Muccini, Roberto Zamboni, Michael T. Gale, Susanne Westenhofer

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Proceedings Volume 5464, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548969
Event: Photonics Europe, 2004, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) are rapidly reaching large-scale marketing figures, driven by attractive features like low cost and fast response, being also suitable for application on flexible substrates. All these aspects enable a wide range of applications such as displays, innovative devices in optoelectronics and novel light sources. Furthermore, the benefits expected from OLEDs based devices, if compared to "classical semiconductors" based devices consist of low production costs, lightweight and geometrical flexibility. Novel OLEDs based light sources fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements, call for a considerable effort both in the production processes and in product innovation. Among the variety of possible applicative OLED applications, we focused our research effort on the Automotive sector. Our envisioned approach enabling control of light distribution from an OLED light source include modeling and patterning of the light source, design and fabrication of suitable micro-optics coupled to the flexible transparent Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) substrate.

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Patrizia Melpignano, Sabino Sinesi, A. Baron Toaldo, Viviana Biondo, Michele Muccini, Roberto Zamboni, Michael T. Gale, and Susanne Westenhofer "Flexible microstructured organic light sources for automotive applications", Proc. SPIE 5464, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics, (8 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548969

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