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Light-emitting diodes for night-vision displays

American researchers led by Mark E. Thompson have developed OLEDs that emit infrared light. Such diodes are needed for displays meant to be viewed through night-vision devices. The research team from the University of Southern California, Princeton University and the University of Michigan, as well as the Universal Display Corporation divulged the secret behind their success in the journal Angewandte Chemie: a phosphorescent platinum porphyrin complex used as a doping agent.

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