“The diameter of the most minute OLED pixels we have developed to date is in the range of 100 nanometers, which means they are around 50 times smaller than the current state of the art,” Jiwoo Oh, a ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have manufactured organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on a nanoscale - that's around a hundred ...

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Basic research may seem far removed from everyday technology, yet it often provides the spark for major industrial shifts.