High-efficiency solid state lighting is a topic of large importance to the materials research community because of the globally increased need for energy savings. Significant recent advances in the understanding of materials and devices are driving the development of alternative light sources. Full spectrum all colors and white LEDs are ready to be used for many indoor and outdoor displays as well as for illumination purposes. GaN and its alloys with InN and AlN exhibit green, blue and UV high brightness light emission that combined with available red emitters or RGB phosphors used for LEDs and lasers. ZnO has also been attracting renewed attention due to its superior properties for fabricating ultraviolet laser diodes and LEDs. High-brightness organic LEDs (OLEDs) based on organic conjugated polymers emitting from the red to the blue are also candidates for the new high-brightness solid state light sources.
Nevertheless, a number of technical and scientific issues need to be addressed for capitalizing on the advantages and potential of these unique materials, devices and related processes, including a better scientific understanding to achieve control in tailoring their properties.

The purpose of this Symposium is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and industry experts to break new ground in the discussion, cross fertilization and advancement of solid state lighting materials, technology and applications by bringing together communities of the three main materials areas of III-nitrides, ZnO, and organic polymers. Among the recent developments that will be highlighted in the symposium are advances in synthesis of materials as bulk crystals, thin films and nanostructures; characterization of layers and interface properties on the nano- and micro-scale; new wide-gap alloys and transparent interconnects that are critical for next-generation LEDs; device fabrication; and innovative diagnostics and control tools crucial for scale-up and manufacturing.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Methods for the growth or synthesis of bulk materials and thin-film
• Preparation of template substrates and substrates processing for GaN- and ZnO-based epitaxy
• Nanostructures
• Novel synthesis and nanofabrication techniques for nanophotonic structures
• Novel organic conjugated polymers and relative synthesis
• Optical and electronic properties
• Defect characterization and modeling
• Surfaces, interfaces, and defects
• Structure, microstructure, and inhomogeneities
• Materials and devices processing (e.g. post implant annealing, etc.)
• Device Manufacturing issues and analysis
• Modeling

Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following sessions:

FJ-1 Material Growth and Processing

FJ-2 Electro-optical Characterization

FJ-3 Device Structures and Manufacturing

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