NEMO Project: 11 Partners Conduct Research on New OLED Materials

Merck KGaA and DELO Industrial Adhesives have launched a project called “New materials for OLEDs from solutions” (NEMO) together with renowned partners from industry and science, according to LED Journal. The objective of this project, which is being co-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is to develop innovative, soluble materials for use in large-area OLED components for devices such as televisions, electronic traffic signs or lighting systems. The total budget amounts to around $47 million.

“OLEDs have tremendous future potential as a cost- and energy-efficient lighting technology,” said Dr. Udo Heider, vice president responsible for the OLED unit at Merck. “We want to provide industry with customized OLED materials, thus enabling cost-effective manufacturing processes from the liquid phase.”

The NEMO project, which is being funded until the end of July 2012, involves four industrial companies and seven academic partners. Merck, with its wealth of experience in the field of OLEDs and in other display technologies, is leading the consortium. The three other participating companies are DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH and Ormecon GmbH. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research is taking part in NEMO as an independent research organization. The University of Tuebingen and the University of Regensburg are both represented with two chairs each. Further university partners are Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam.

The costs of the NEMO project are expected to total $47 million.