The funds will come from a $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center in Fort Monmouth, N.J.

The objective of this project will be to develop infrared-emitting OLEDs that are compatible with current-generation, night-vision capabilities employed by the military. These devices will then be incorporated into a color display with conventional full-color emitting pixels to produce a display that has daytime and covert nighttime functionality. Integrating these visible and infrared-emitting OLEDs on a flexible steel foil substrate will provide a rugged package to ensure survivability in a battlefield environment.

This program is part of a larger initiative in which Universal Display and its university partners have pioneered the development of a number of key proprietary OLED technologies to enable flexible OLED displays on steel foil substrates, including the company's PHOLEDs, which address the needs for higher efficiency.

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