I was reading the Daily Texan today, and in the “look how cool we are, show your parents so they’ll donate money and maybe we’ll name a building after them” part they describe a recent achievement by Dr. Barbara (a member of the Analytical division of the UT Chem and Biochem dept.), whereby a new class of selectively light emitting polymeric compounds was discovered…
These new guys are neat in that they’re brighter and more flexible than previous LED polymers. Potentially, if the compound continues to be promising as it is worked up to a larger scale (right now they’re at the use-a-microscope level) and is commercialized, this could mean lighter, brighter, and more flexible moniters for both desktop and portable use.
The article describing their findings was published in the Aug. 25 issue of Science. (As a side note, you can actually take a class form this guy if you’re an undergraduate. He teaches CH 376K Adv. Analytical in the spring.)
