Flexible, foldable, rollable, and stretchable display technologies, including deformable display materials (substrates, transparent conductors, TFTs, barrier layers); novel processes and manufacturing methods (printing, novel deposition techniques, R2R, lift-off); electro-optical effects; driving techniques and designs for deformable electronic devices; and device performance and reliability for all deformable display technologies.

Materials, manufacturing processes and devices for high-pixel-density display frontplanes for XR; Image quality and processing for high-pixel-density display frontplanes for XR; Human factors and visual experiences for high-pixel-density display frontplanes for XR (LCD, OLED, Micro-LED, Quantum dot, other emerging display type); Pixel structures, optics, and driving techniques, system integration, reliability, and cost-reduction efforts, content generation, and processing for high-pixel-density display frontplanes for XR.

Micro & nano-crystal silicon, amorphous and crystalline oxide, oxynitride, metal halide, organic, and carbon nanomaterials based TFTs; quantum dot, perovskite, chalcogenides, 2D layered materials, and other emerging semiconducting materials and gate dielectric materials for TFTs; novel low temperature fabrication and annealing technology for TFTs; solution processed & printed TFTs; new structures/processes and novel application of TFTs; active-matrix devices for LCD, OLED, LED, QLED, and micro displays; novel and high performance active-matrix devices and system-on-panel (SOP); backplane technologies for emerging displays; emerging application of TFTs.

All aspects of AI & computational technology for display design/process/manufacturing/ measurement; human vision perception; numerical algorithm; OLED device simulation; quantum computing algorithm; Prediction of material/electrical/optical/mechanical properties of display; Enhancement of image quality; quality prediction of XR and computational displays.

Research for display devices based on both human vision and physical properties; general display, autostereoscopic, AR/VR form factors, automotive, transparent etc; effective use of a display capability to create a more immersive and compelling experience; approaches to take advantage of limitations of the visual system to process or transmit display data more efficiently; novel methods of user interactions.

Advanced technologies for AR/VR/MR and 3D display; near-to-eye display and head-up display; stereoscopic, light-field, volumetric, and holographic displays; optics for AR/VR/MR and 3D display; image/scene capture, conversion, and machine learning for content generation; spatial computing; image formats, compressions, and standards; user interaction and low-latency techniques for immersive experience; measurement and performance evaluation; novel applications.

Advanced algorithms for display driving technology such as AI; display system and peripheral designs; circuits and algorithms for microdisplays; touch interface electronics; TFT circuits (driving methods and circuits for display devices and systems); driver ICs; image signal processors; display interface technologies; driving electronics of touch panels; image quality enhancement methodologies and systems; neuromorphic systems; all novel integrations of displays into specialized devices as well as system-level aspects of electronic displays.

Thin and thick film deposition, lithography, etching, cleaning, printing, coating, measurement/inspection and various plasma technologies; process & equipment technologies for new and emerging displays including flexible & wearable applications; display manufacturing issues of breakthroughs such as performance, cost reduction, high throughput and flexibility; material issues in display process, including synthesis or deposition of emerging materials; process & equipment technology for display circuits and interfaces; process & equipment for printed electronics including display and sensors fabrication; measurement/inspection technics/application for display manufacturing process.

Emerging display materials and device architectures such as metamaterials, metasurfaces, 2-dimensional (2D) materials, perovskite materials, quantum dot and so on; Emerging display materials for XR display and devices (virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality, hologram, 3D display, etc). High index low loss materials and active materials for display; Structural color filter for display; Transparent conducting electrode materials for display; Emerging display materials for automotive or aviation display applications, interactive display applications.

High image quality/resolution/dynamic range LCDs; QD-enhanced LCDs; automotive LCD applications; LC for AR/VR and 3D displays; molecular design/synthesis/new LC materials; LC Chemistry; LC alignment and characterization; LC elastomers and stimuli-responsive materials; LC for EL/PL components; LC for conformable displays; smart window applications; LC Physics; optical design and simulations; optical films for displays; foldable/stretchable films; LC photonic crystals and lasers; LC semiconductors; LC-based sensor; LC lens; up/down conversion LC materials; LC materials for GHz/THz wave modulation; nano-patterning LC template; LC materials for biomedical application.

New development of lighting materials and hybrid lighting technologies: solid-state lighting and color-conversion materials including LED/OLED, phosphors, quantum dots, perovskites, ultra-wide bandgap materials for lighting and display applications; light extraction optics; standardization/certification; photometry; novel lighting convergence technologies for ocean/agricultural/medical/IT/bio/smart/automotive/eye-glass applications.

Skin-attachable/implantable/wearable soft materials, devices, and display; bio-integrated/bio-inspired optoelectronics; implantable/wearable medical or bio-photonic devices with display; digital healthcare devices, sensors, and robotics; human-interactive micro/nano-manufactured sensors, actuators, or transducers; bio-compatible/bio-mimetic materials; transient electronics; 3D optoelectronic, bio-mimetic, or bio-fabricated scaffolds; integration processing strategies to address the profound mismatch between biology and optoelectronics; bio-mimetic functionalities such as bio-resorption, self-healing, multifunctional responsiveness, breathability, and recyclability.

Novel research of metrology and inspection technology for display industry; process metrology of OLEDoS, LEDoS, QD-display, OLED and LCD devices manufacturing; high and enhancement resolution optical imaging system; artificial intelligence techniques for MI industry; electrical measurement technology of TFT; advanced thickness and fine critical dimension MI technologys; 3D&2D profile measurement systems; oxide material properties measurement techniques; new visual inspection technology.

Advances in LED-based displays; epitaxial and chip processes for micro-LED pixels; the materials and manufacturing process technologies for transfer printing, bonding, repair and inspection; phosphor, quantum dot and perovskite materials for micro-LED color conversion; micro-LED display panel; active and passive driving methods for micro-LED displays; miniaturization technology for flexible and stretchable applications; and active device integrated micro LED module for bio-healthcare and automotive applications.

OLED materials; device physics and characterization for high-performance OLEDs; enhancement of out-coupling efficiency; improvement of optical properties of OLEDs; device stability and degradation analysis; organic and inorganic interfaces in OLEDs; OLED electrodes; OLED manufacturing; OLED patterning process; solution-processed OLEDs; white OLEDs for displays; encapsulation materials and processes; environmental reliability; novel applications.

Flexible and/or stretchable active/passive materials for sensors and actuators; soft organic, inorganic, or hybrid materials with capacitive, piezoelectric, piezoresistive, triboelectric, and/or ferroelectric properties; stimuli (e.g., stress, electric field, light, heat, chemical, etc.)-responsive soft materials; emerging materials and devices for human-machine-interfaces; touch gesture & motion sensing technologies; next-generation tactile sensors and actuators; soft haptics for interactive display; soft sensors on display; soft actuators on display; human-interactive technologies.

QD fundamentals, including synthesis and characterization of QDs, optical and electrical properties of QDs; QD display technologies, including QD-based color conversion for LCDs, micro-LEDs, QLEDs; QD-based energy conversion devices and systems; QD photodetectors; high-resolution and fine patterning of QDs; emerging QDs, including perovskite QDs, graphene QDs and more.

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