{"id":20,"date":"2015-12-14T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.mse.ncsu.edu\/oemdlab\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:49:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/oemdlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the OEMD Research Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Led by Professor Franky So, our group explores cutting-edge materials and devices for next-generation optoelectronics. With expertise spanning organic, inorganic, and hybrid systems, we aim to develop high-performance electronic and photonic devices through advanced material characterization, innovative design, and novel fabrication methods.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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OLEDs<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are used to create digital displays in devices such as television screens, computer monitors, and portable systems such as smartphones and handheld game consoles. A major area of research is the development of white OLED devices for use in solid-state lighting applications.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Photovoltaic or solar cells are electronic devices that convert the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect. They are devices whose electrical characteristics (such as current, voltage, or resistance) vary when it is exposed to light.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Vertical Field Effect Transistors (VFETs) were once limited to costly high-end audio equipment, but today they\u2019re being developed for next-generation computing, smartphones, and wearables. This cutting-edge technology is moving from specialized R&D toward broader applications.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Franky So, Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

Professor Franky So, Walter and Ida Freeman Distinguished Professor, received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He worked for Motorola and OSRAM Opto-Semiconductors for 14 years before he became a professor at the University of Florida. He was a Rolf E. Hummel Professor of Electronic Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. In 2015, he joined North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n \n

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Research Focus:<\/strong> Advancing Organic and Hybrid Optoelectronics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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