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May 2010
Microsharp to Exhibit at Intersolar 2010

We are pleased to announce that Microsharp will be exhibiting at the Intersolar 2010 exhibition in Munich from 9th-11th June.

We would like to invite you to meet us at our stand where we will be showcasing our range of high efficiency, Thin Film Solar Concentrator Lenses.

If you would...

May 2010
Dr. Xin Li has been invited to speak at 2nd Aachen Precision Days, 18-19 May 2010, presenting Roll to Roll UV Embossing Replication of Micro and Nano Structures.

 Dr. Xin Li, Microsharp's VP of Optical Films has been invited to speak at 2nd Aachen Precision Days, 18-19 May 2010, presenting Roll to Roll UV Embossing Replication of Micro and Nano Structures.

News summary:

Roll to roll UV embossing replication is a continuous manufacturing method which...

March 2010
OLED100.eu Wins best ICT for Energy Efficiency Project Award - from European Commission

 

March 2nd, 2010 – The European Commission’s ICT for Energy Efficiency (ICT4EE) has granted its Best ICT4EE Award to the OLED100.eu project. OLED100.eu has received the First Place Award for its ICT contribution by showing that adoption of OLED lighting can lead to  substantial...

September 2008
Microsharp joins European OLED project

Microsharp is pleased to announce its participation in OLED100.eu, an important R&D project to develop OLED technology for utilisation by the European lighting industry.

If you would like more information about the OLED100.eu or Microsharps' capabilities in optical film design and manufacture...

July 2008
Microsharp Breakthrough Improves Optical Efficiency of Fresnel Lenses

 

Microsharp, a major U.K. optical film designer and producer, in collaboration with David Robertson of Durham University (working as a Royal Society Industrial Fellow), have developed and patented an important innovation in mould cutting technology that leads to a more precise reproduction of...

March 2008
Microsharp Newsetter March 2008

Microsharp installs new Precision Optical Coating Line at its Oxfordshire H.Q. Solar Power.Using thin film Fresnel Lens structures in ultra low cost solar concentrators.Using microstructured optical films to manage L.E.D. output.

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February 2007
Microsharp presents information about a collaborative project, BLOLED (Blacklight OLED).

This newsletter details recent developments in the company, including Microsharp’s increasing research and development of plastic electronics in a collaborative project, BLOLED (BackLight OLED). In addition, Microsharp not only announces its Specialist Coatings service, but also a range of small...

July 2006
Microsharp initiates Carbon Trust-funded project for low cost solar concentrators.

Microsharp has initiated a Carbon Trust-funded research and development project to develop ultralow cost solar concentrators for solar power applications, including the generation of electricity and the heating of water. Microsharp will develop optical films that will act as large, thin, lenses to...

July 2006
Microsharp International Patent Application for Novel Brightness Enhancement Film

A Microsharp international patent application for a novel brightness enhancement film has been published as WO2006/064259 with the title "Structured Optical Film". Microsharp has also made the same patent application in Taiwan, where international patent applications are not recognized. The film...

July 2006
Microsharp GRIN 2 film incorporated into Liquavista's prototype reflective displays shown at SID 2006

Liquavista (www.liquavista.com) is a new VCbacked spin out from Philips Research, developing products based on low power very high brightness reflective displays which are also capable of video rate switching. The electrowetting technology uses coloured dyes which can be electrically moved to cover...

March 2006
Microsharp have been awarded a Carbon Trust research grant to develop a novel design of advanced optical film for solar power concentrators.

Microsharp have been awarded a Carbon Trust research grant to develop a novel design of advanced optical film for solar power concentrators. The two year research programme will be conducted with ...

January 2006
Microsharp granted new Japanese patent

Microsharp has been granted a new Japanese patent: number 3729215. The patent covers the use of Microsharp's GRIN diffusers in conjunction with black areas which can be printed on the diffuser in order to improve contrast. The diffuser can then be applied as a contrast-enhanced rear projection...

January 2006
Microsharp gives invited presentation at UK Displays Network

Dr David Bottomley, Commercial Manager of Microsharp, presented an invited talk entitled "Optical films for improving backlight performance" at a UK Displays Network Meeting at Bletchley Park in November 2005. In particular, the performance of Microsharp’s off-axis GRIN (GRaded [refractive] INdex)...

January 2006
Precision ink jet printing on optical film

Microsharp, along with partners Patterning Technology Limited (PTL) (www.pattech.com) and Technical Converters Limited (www.technicalconverters.co.uk) have initiated a UK DTI Technology Programme (www.dti.gov.uk/technologyprogramme/) grant funded project to ink jet print passive and active polymers...

January 2006
Microsharp Light Turning Film

Based on its patent pending microprismatic structure (WO2005045518), Microsharp have fabricated examples of our light turning film. The films have easily tailored specific turning angles and enable the incorporation of one dimensional angle of view expansion using a focussing mechanism incorporated...

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