Waiting for Act 2: What is the Future of Organic Electronics Beyond OLED Displays?

Abstract

The extremely rapid adoption of organic LEDs in both mobile and television display markets has been driven by their ultrahigh efficiency, large color gamut, thin form factors and long lifetimes. But this successful experience has only given rise to the question: what's next for organic electronics? To be sure, there are other opportunities waiting in the wings. Examples include OLED lighting, organic solar cells, and even organic transistor electronics. In this talk I will present a review of what is past and present in organic electronics, and most importantly, what lies ahead. The physics and engineering of a range of organic devices will be discussed. And I will try to answer the question: what is the next big application of this emerging and exciting field of optoelectronics. 

Bio

Stephen R. Forrest is the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Education: B. A. Physics, 1972, Universityof California, MSc and PhD Physics in 1974 and 1979, University of Michigan. In 1985,Prof. Forrest joined the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science Departments at USC. In 1992, Prof. Forrest became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University where he chaired the department from 1997 to 2001. In 2006, he rejoined the University of Michigan as Vice President for Research where he served until 2014. He is a Fellow of the APS, IEEE and OSA and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Inventors. He is co-founder or founding participant of Sensors Unlimited, Epitaxx, Inc., NanoFlex Power Corp., Universal Display Corp. (NASDAQ: OLED), Heat2Power, and Apogee Photonics, Inc., and has served on the Board of Directors and the Growth Technology Advisory Board of Applied Materials. He is past Chairman of the Board of the University Musical Society, from 2009-2012 was Chairman of the Board of Ann Arbor SPARK, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology where he holds an honorary doctorate.