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Center for Excitonics
Seminar Series Announcement
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
3:00 PM
RLE Conference Room: 36-428
PAUL E. BURROWS, Reata Research
"HOW MANY SCIENTISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? - The challenge and
potential of organic solid state lighting"
Abstract:
Many scientific papers and presentations in the field of organic electronic
materials have kicked off with bold statements implying a route to low cost,
large area manufacturing. Organic solid state lighting has recently become
feasible due to dramatic improvements in the efficiency and operating
lifetime of organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and, again, dramatic
visions of efficient, large area organic lighting on plastic sheets akin to
wallpaper fill the popular literature. These improvements have led to the
widespread, if perhaps not yet profitable, exploitation of OLEDs in small
area displays, particularly for handheld devices. Application to general
lighting, however, presents unique challenges distinct from the displays
industry. Organic solid state lighting indeed has advantages over other
available technologies but simply applying display technology to lighting is
probably not the way to go. This presentation will start from what is
actually required to light a room, how much value a lighting product can
command, and which problems therefore exist that still require research
breakthroughs for their solution.
Bio:
Currently, Dr. Burrows consults on fundamental science, technology and
policy for business and government in nanotechnology, molecular materials
and energy through Reata Research in Chattaroy, Washington. His specialties
include: organic materials and devices for SSL, thin film encapsulation,
hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor integration, 3D electronic devices,
thin film deposition techniques for organic molecules and salts, and
production/analysis of ultra-high purity organic materials. From 2000 to
2008, Paul served as Laboratory Fellow for Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory where he managed a $5 million budget for the Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology Initiative and worked with DOE and Next Generation Lighting
Industry Alliance to define and build our national program in solid state
lighting. Dr. Burrows has also led nanoscience research programs at numerous
industry and academic institutions, including Princeton University,
University of Southern California, and the Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics
and Advanced Materials at the Riken Institute in Japan.
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