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Cheap and Recyclable Lighting

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UMEA, Sweden, Feb. 10, 2010 — A super material developed by Swedish and American researchers will make lighting cheaper and fully recyclable. The invention, which paves the way for glowing wallpaper made entirely of plastic, for example, is published in the scientific journal ACS Nano by scientists at Linköping University and Umeå University, in Sweden, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Ultra-thin and electricity-saving organic light diodes (OLEDs) have recently been introduced commercially in mobile phones, cameras, and super-thin TVs. An OLED consists of a light-generating layer of plastic placed...Read full article

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    Published: February 2010
    Glossary
    illumination
    The general term for the application of light to a subject. It should not be used in place of the specific quantity illuminance.
    indium tin oxide
    A material widely used as a transparent conductive coating.
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