Rohtak, October 4
The Maharshi Dayanand University, in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), is initiating an international project for searching new materials for organic light emitting devices (OLEDs).
Addressing newsmen here today, Maj Gen (Retd) Bhim Singh Suhag, vice chancellor of the university, said he had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with KIER in this connection during his recent visit to Korea. the project, he said, Prof Ishwar Singh and his research team from MDU would help the Korean Institute in making and synthesising
OLEDs. Dr Sang-do-Han, a senior scientist in the KIER, along with his research team, would use their technology to fabricate the devices to be used in display systems for information technology.
In technological terms, he said, these new materials had great utility in the electronic industry, especially in flat panel display technology. These materials could be utilised in lap top computers, mobile phones, advertisement panels, car dashboards, decorative lighting etc. OLED has replaced the bulky cathode-ray tubes in the display systems and it offers the thinnest profile of any colour flat technology.
The vice chancellor said this international collaborative research project would be worth Rs 2 crores, out of which MDU’s share would be about 9 per cent. The project would help the MDU scientists to learn the technology used in making devices for information display systems.
He said that with the signing of the MoU with KIER, exchange of information in diverse areas would be facilitated.
He said the joint agreement between the two institutions would be valid for five years. Both the institutes would exchange staff members and jointly register research scholars. Presently, Dr K C Singh, Reader, Chemistry Department of MDU, is in Korea. Scientists/research scholars from MDU, who have visited KIER, include Prof Ishwar Singh, Prof R S Chaudhary, Dr K C Singh, Dr S P Khatkar, Dr Vinod Bala Khatkar, Dr Balraj Deswal, Dr Sanjeev Makan and Ravi Rana.
The vice chancellor said the MDU research team would be working with the advanced energy materials and application research department, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Department and Clean Energy Research Department of KIER. He said the university was looking at other possibilities of international linkages too.
