Described is a quantum dot film article comprising a quantum dot of a cured thiol-alkene-epoxy matrix. The matrix formulations resist ingress from water and/or oxygen, while also providing acceptable color stability upon aging.

The present invention relates inter alia to a color display comprising nanoparticles and color filters.

A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel, and a color conversion layer coupled to the display panel and having a color conversion layer, where the color conversion layer includes a block copolymer including a first copolymer and a second copolymer, and quantum rods dispersed within the block copolymer. The block copolymer includes a first block structure unit formed by the first copolymer; and a second block structure unit formed by the second copolymer, where the quantum rods is are disposed within either one of the first block structure unit and the second block structure unit.

A process for producing a light emitting diode device, the process including: forming a plurality of quantum dots on a surface of a layer including a first area and a second area, the forming including: exposing the first area of the surface to light having a first wavelength while exposing the first area to a quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the first area to form at a first growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a first threshold dimension; exposing the second area of the surface to light having a second wavelength while exposing the second area to the quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the second area to form at a third growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a second threshold dimension; and processing the layer to form the LED device.

Embodiments of a display device including barrier layer coated quantum dots and a method of making the barrier layer coated quantum dots are described. Each of the barrier layer coated quantum dots includes a core-shell structure and a hydrophobic barrier layer disposed on the core-shell structure. The hydrophobic barrier layer is configured to provide a distance between the core-shell structure of one of the quantum dots with the core-shell structures of other quantum dots that are in substantial contact with the one of the quantum dots. The method for making the barrier layer coated quantum dots includes forming reverse micro-micelles using surfactants and incorporating quantum dots into the reverse micro-micelles. The method further includes individually coating the incorporated quantum dots with a barrier layer and isolating the barrier layer coated quantum dots with the surfactants of the reverse micro-micelles disposed on the barrier layer.

The present invention provides polymer composites, such as films, having dispersed therein quantum dots, wherein the polymer comprises (b) polymerized units of a first compound comprising from one to 6 thiol groups, the compound having a molecular weight from 300 to 20,000 and having at least one continuous acyclic hydrocarbyl chain of at least three carbon atoms, or, preferably, at least 5 carbon atoms; and (c) polymerized units of a second compound having a molecular weight from 100 to 750 and comprising at least two polymerizable vinyl groups as part of a (meth)acrylate ester group or attached directly to an aromatic ring and, wherein the molecular weight of the first compound minus the molecular weight of the second compound is at least 100. The polymer composites provide more stably dispersed and durable quantum dot compositions for use in, for example, display devices.

A quantum dot, a color conversion panel, and a display device, the quantum dot including a core; and a shell layer positioned outside of the core, wherein at least one of the core and the shell layer is doped with aluminum, silicon, titanium, magnesium, or zinc, and the core includes a Group III-V compound.

Disclosed is a redox-complementary electrochromic device exhibiting black-to-transmissive switching, wherein the device comprises an electrochromic layer and a redox-active material layer sandwiched between a transparent first electrode and a transparent secondary electrode, the electrochromic layer comprising an electrochromic Co-based metallo-supramolecular polymer represented by the formula (I), and the redox active material being capable of reacting with the electrochromic material to change the electrochromic material from black state into colorless transmissive state,

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where in the formula (I), X represents a counter anion, R represents a single bond or a spacer comprising a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom, each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group, and n represents an integer of from 2 to 5000, which indicates a degree of polymerization.

Embodiments of a display device including barrier layer coated quantum dots and a method of making the barrier layer coated quantum dots are described. Each of the barrier layer coated quantum dots includes a core-shell structure and a hydrophobic barrier layer disposed on the core-shell structure. The hydrophobic barrier layer is configured to provide a distance between the core-shell structure of one of the quantum dots with the core-shell structures of other quantum dots that are in substantial contact with the one of the quantum dots. The method for making the barrier layer coated quantum dots includes forming reverse micro-micelles using surfactants and incorporating quantum dots into the reverse micro-micelles. The method further includes individually coating the incorporated quantum dots with a barrier layer and isolating the barrier layer coated quantum dots with the surfactants of the reverse micro-micelles disposed on the barrier layer.

Provide is a bezel-free display device comprising: a flexible substrate comprising an element area including an electronic element and positioned on the upper surface thereof, a terminal area including a terminal electrically connected to the electronic element, and positioned at the rear surface thereof, and a flexible area positioned between the element area and the terminal area and having flexibility; a flexible wire positioned on the flexible area of the flexible substrate, electrically connecting the element and the terminal, and having flexibility; and a display member positioned on the element area of the flexible substrate and electrically connected with the electronic element.