SAMSUNG, SATISFIED WITH UT RESEARCHERS’ INTERIM REPORT ON PLASMA TV MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUES COLLABORATION
11.01.2006
The 15-member research team consisting of scientists of the UT
Institute of Physics and the UT Faculty of Physics and Chemistry has to
date set up the necessary equipment for studying the properties of
plasma TV materials and successfully launched the production of new
materials for testing.
Speaking of Samsung’s reaction to the report, the Institute of Physics Research Director Marco Kirm added: “According to representatives of Samsung, during the first five months of the project UT researchers have completed an essential, wide-ranging and high-quality study which will serve as the basis for working out further plans for the remaining time of the collaboration agreement”. According to him, this means that research started under the collaboration agreement on 1 August 2005 will successfully continue also in 2006.
In addition to catering to Samsung’s immediate applied interests, the initial stage of the project has resulted in a research paper submitted for publication to a leading journal of applied physics.
Marco Kirm believes that praise for the success of the project has been due to the highly qualified Estonian research staff whose work has made it possible to manufacture new materials using the methods of thin film deposition and laser vaporisation.
The future development of the UT Institute of Physics has received persistent support as a part of the infrastructure programme of the Estonian Centres of Excellence. The application submitted by the Institute last year (17.7m EEK) was granted in full, allowing the Institute to significantly improve its equipment base and research infrastructure.
In addition to the Samsung project, the Institute of Physics is also preparing to start a collaboration with the biggest European chip maker Infineon (Germany) as well as the Dutch electronics giant Philips.
Both Samsung and Philips are among the world’s fastest growing high-tech firms with R&D budgets that exceed the respective allocations of the Estonian state several times over.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Puiblic Relations and Information Office
Additional information: UT Institute of Physics Research Director Marco Kirm, tel. +372 53 427 170
Speaking of Samsung’s reaction to the report, the Institute of Physics Research Director Marco Kirm added: “According to representatives of Samsung, during the first five months of the project UT researchers have completed an essential, wide-ranging and high-quality study which will serve as the basis for working out further plans for the remaining time of the collaboration agreement”. According to him, this means that research started under the collaboration agreement on 1 August 2005 will successfully continue also in 2006.
In addition to catering to Samsung’s immediate applied interests, the initial stage of the project has resulted in a research paper submitted for publication to a leading journal of applied physics.
Marco Kirm believes that praise for the success of the project has been due to the highly qualified Estonian research staff whose work has made it possible to manufacture new materials using the methods of thin film deposition and laser vaporisation.
The future development of the UT Institute of Physics has received persistent support as a part of the infrastructure programme of the Estonian Centres of Excellence. The application submitted by the Institute last year (17.7m EEK) was granted in full, allowing the Institute to significantly improve its equipment base and research infrastructure.
In addition to the Samsung project, the Institute of Physics is also preparing to start a collaboration with the biggest European chip maker Infineon (Germany) as well as the Dutch electronics giant Philips.
Both Samsung and Philips are among the world’s fastest growing high-tech firms with R&D budgets that exceed the respective allocations of the Estonian state several times over.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Puiblic Relations and Information Office
Additional information: UT Institute of Physics Research Director Marco Kirm, tel. +372 53 427 170