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Samsung patents method to make display particles using zinc and sulfur

Samsung describes a chemical process for creating tiny semiconductor particles used in screens. The method mixes zinc and sulfur compounds in a liquid solution and heats them to form the nanoparticles, then adds specific metal salts to finish the structure.

Why it mattersThis filing focuses on the raw materials for electroluminescent displays, which could lead to more efficient or colorful screens in future devices.

In the filing’s own words

A method of preparing a semiconductor nanoparticle, a semiconductor nanoparticle, an ink composition and an electroluminescent device. The method includes: providing a reaction medium including an organic solvent; adding a zinc precursor, a sulfur precursor, and a particle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal to the reaction medium; heating the reaction medium to a reaction temperature to provide the semiconductor nanoparticle; and adding a metal halide to the reaction medium including the semiconductor nanoparticle, wherein the metal halide includes an organozinc halide and an aluminum halide.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of preparing a semiconductor nanoparticle, the method comprising: providing a reaction medium including an organic solvent; adding a zinc precursor, a sulfur precursor, and a particle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal to the reaction medium, heating the reaction medium to a reaction temperature to provide a semiconductor nanoparticle; and adding a metal halide to the reaction medium including the semiconductor nanoparticle, wherein the metal halide comprises an organozinc halide and an aluminum halide.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
Publication number
US20260271499A1
Application number
19558649
Filed
Mar 6, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
8
Claims
20

Classified under

H10K 50/115 Electricity & electronicsB82Y 20/00 Operations & transportB82Y 40/00 Operations & transport

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