Organic thin film devices now underpin a nearly $20 billion market that is revolutionizing the fields of displays and lighting based on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). With their large color gamut, extremely high resolution and efficiency, lack of viewing angle dependence and rapid response time, OLED displays are approaching 50% penetration into the mobile display market, and is rapidly moving into televisions, computer monitors and lighting. There is no doubt that AFOSR and Dr. Charles Lee played a pivotal role in this success. But with these incredible advances, we ask the question: is there life for organics beyond displays? Are organic solar cells and lasers within reach? If they are successfully developed, will they generate opportunities on the same scale as the OLED display industry? In this talk I will discuss the state of the art of organic electronic devices and their potential for impacting other, large scale application spaces.

Organic devices: Starting a revolution in optoelectronics

254th National Meeting (2017)

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