Methods for forming light active devices

Abstract

A method is provided for forming a light active device. A fluid carrier has light active particulate dispersed within it. A first electrode layer is provided and a layer of the fluid carrier dispersed with the light active particulate is laminated or coated on the first electrode layer. A second electrode layer is provided on top of the laminated layer of the fluid carrier dispersed with the light active particulate. The light active particulate may comprise field reactive light active particulate randomly dispersed within the fluid carrier. An aligning field is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode to form a desired alignment of the field reactive light active particulate within the fluid carrier between the first electrode and the second electrode. The carrier may comprise a hardenable material. The carrier can be hardened to form a hardened carrier for maintaining the desired alignment of the light active particulate within the hardened carrier. The light active particulate can be effective for receiving through the carrier electrical charges from the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and generating photon emissions in response to receiving said electrical charges. The light active particulate can be effective for receiving a photon and separating electrical charges in response to the received photon, the separated electrical charges being transfer through the carrier to the first electrode layer and the second electrode.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a Divisional Patent Application of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10 / 321,161, filed Dec. 17, 2002, which is the US Utility Patent Application of a Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 427,333.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention pertains to organic light active devices. More particularly, the present invention pertains to devices and methods for fabricating organic light active devices that can be used for applications such as general lighting, display backlighting, video displays, maps, digital newspapers, stereoscopic vision aides, advanced vehicle windshields, solar cells, cameras and photodetectors. [0003] Organic light active material (“OLAM™”) makes use of the relatively recent discovery that polymers can be made to be conductors. Organic light emitting diodes (“OLED”) convert electrical energy into light, behaving as a forward biased pn junction. OLAMs can be light emitters or light det...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] It is an object of the present invention to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art. In accordance with the present invention, a method is provided for fabricating light active devices using field-attractive light active particulate. It is another object of the present invention to provi...

Problems solved by technology

When an electric potential is applied to the electrodes, the electrical energy passes through the...

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