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The Future of DSLAB's
Bio-OLED Technology

DSLAB Co., Ltd. is a company founded to develop medical optical modules and commercialize wearable products, with the goal of enabling both people and pets to live healthier and happier lives.

DSLAB CEO Deoksu Cho

CEO's capabilities

DSLAB, Inc. CEO Deok Su Jo

 

[Biography]

  • 2024: Sungkyunkwan University Nanoscience and Technology Institute Industry-Academic Cooperation Professor

  • 2020: Research Professor, Sung-kyunkwan University Nanoscience and Technology Institute

  • 2017: Master's and Doctorate in Advanced Materials Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

  • 2008: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Department of New Materials, Halla University

 

[Main achievements]

  • 124 interns trained

  • 45th Corporate/National Project Execution

  • 32 SCI papers

  • Over 90 domestic and inter-national patents

  • 25 awards (2 Minister's Awards)

  • Completed 6th Excellent Entre-preneurship Training

Representative Award History

2023: ICT Mentoring Conference (ACK2023) Grand Prize

2022: Creative Innovation DNA Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Project Engineering Innovation Award

2021: Suwon City Small and Medium Business Award (Startup and Venture Division) Suwon Mayor's Award

2021: (Master Hong Jong-Heun) 2021 KINGO-GA Startup Competition Silver Prize

2021: X-Corps Festival Bronze Medal

2020: KINGO-GA Startup Competition Grand Prize

2019: Sungkyunkwan University UNIC AWARD

2019: KINGO-GA Startup Competition Grand Prize

2019: Global Advanced Entrepreneurship Program (G-AEP) Excellence Award

2016: “Environmental ICT Idea Contest” Grand Prize, Minister of Environment Award, Ministry of Environment

2016: “ICT Paper and Invention Patent Contest” Excellence Award, Electronic Times·IDIS

2015: Korea Startup League National Preliminary Special Award (Startup Promotion Agency Director Award), Startup Promotion Agency

2014: Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning Award for Excellence in Creative Talent Evaluation, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

2014: ITRC Entrepreneurship Education Competition Grand Prize. Korea Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation

2014: Sungkyunkwan University BK21 Doctoral Dissertation Gold Award

2011: Sungkyunkwan University BK21 Doctoral Dissertation Gold Award

2009: Niigata University, PHOSPHOR SAFARI Best Poster Award

Major technology development achievements

2023: Companion Animals with PBM Phototherapy Technology of NIR-Red Luminescent Bio-OLED Wearable device products for tableware and medical arthritis pain relief

2021: Quantum CMOS for Simultaneous Multiplex Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Respiratory RNA Viruses Development of an imaging fluorescence detection system

2021: Pet food bowl exposed to PBM Bio-OLED light while eating

2021: Adhesion potential process for wearable PBM Bio-OLED (photoconversion/photoextraction/Barrier) Basic research and development of NIR luminescent particle layer

2019: External quantum efficiency of flexible OLED applicable to wearable devices reached 35% more Development of a 50μm thick inorganic fluorescent color conversion layer

2019: Quantum Dot Photoconversion for Wearable *PBM OLEDs with High-Efficiency NIR Tunable Light  Film Development

2018: Eco-friendly connected oil filter with reuse and engine condition monitoring

2017: IoT measures oil filter contamination and informs optimal replacement cycle (Internet of Things) Oil Filter

2016: [RCMS] Development of stainless steel-based roll-to-roll OLED lighting production technology

2015: Research on the production of OLED lighting prototypes using flexible transparent substrates

2014: [RCMS] Development of high-quality Plastic AMOLED source technology

2013: Development of environmentally friendly new yellow-red oxynitride phosphor for white LEDs for energy saving

2012: Development of next-generation AMOLED core source technology and training of research personnel

2012: Exploring the Next Generation of Blue Fluorescent Materials

2011: Development of high-efficiency/high-reliability RGY fluorescent material
2010: Reliability of yellow silicate phosphor for energy saving and eco-friendly LED implementation and efficiency improvement research

The capabilities of a research director

DSLAB, Inc. Research Director Ho-Kyoon Chung

 

[Biography]

  • 2009: Sungkyunkwan University full-time professor/chair professor

  • 2009: Samsung SMD Advisor

  • 2006: Samsung SDI EVP Vice President

  • 2000: Samsung SDI SVP

  • 1988: Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Managing Director

  • 1983: Manager, Honeywell Physical Science Center

  • 1981: Ph.D. in Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois

  • 1977: M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

  • 1973: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University

 

[Main achievements]

  • 85 papers, 42 patents

  • Illinois University Alumni Association Award, SID Fellow, Brown Award

  • Received the Presidential Award twice and Samsung Technology Award (Chairman's Award)

  • First successful commercialization of AMOLED and Fexible AMOLED in independent mass production

  • Samsung SDI 98.7% global AMOLED market share in 2005

  • First collaboration with Samsung SDI UDC's phosphorescent emitter

  • Samsung SDI develops world's first 15-inch AMOLED

Representative Award History

2016: Karl Ferdinand Braun Price Award from Society for Information Display (SID)

2012: Society for Information Display (SID) Fellow

2011: Presidential Award, Silver Tower Industrial Medal, Ministry of Public Administration and Security, Republic of Korea

2010: Korea's Top 100 Technology Excellence Award, National Academy of Engineering of Korea

2010: OLED Association OLED Leadership Award

2008: University of Illinois, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Alumni Award

2008: Korea Information Display Society Outstanding Paper Award

2006: Republic of Korea Government Science and Technology Medal (Ungbi Award)

2006: Special Achievement Award from the Korean Information Display Society

2005: Korea Information Display Society Outstanding Paper Award

2002: Samsung Group Chairman's Technology Excellence Award (Chairman's Award)

2001: Display Industry Award, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy

Major technology development achievements

2023: Pet feed bowl with PBM phototherapy technology of NIR-Red luminescent Bio-OLED and wearable device products with medical arthritis pain relief function

2021: Adhesion potential process for wearable PBM Bio-OLED (photoconversion/photoextraction/barrier) Basic research and development of NIR luminescent particle layer

2020: Photodynamic therapy using red light from OLED and NIR photoconversion complex light using fluorescent materials  Development of Bio-OLED technology

2019: External quantum efficiency of flexible OLED applicable to wearable devices exceeded 35% Development of a 50μm thick inorganic fluorescent color conversion layer

2019: Development of quantum dot light conversion film for wearable *PBM OLED with high efficiency NIR light tuning

2017: Development of R2R process to implement organic/inorganic multilayer incapsulation structure in a short period

2016: Development of stainless steel-based roll-to-roll OLED lighting production technology

2015: Research on the production of OLED lighting prototypes using flexible transparent substrates

2014: Development of high-quality Plastic AMOLED source technology

2012: Development of next-generation AMOLED core source technology and training of research personnel

2006~2009: Samsung Electronics Galaxy Round, Gear S, Gear note 4 Edge development

2006: Development of white balance, high resolution and long life technology using AMOLED inkjet method

2005: Samsung Electronics 40inch WUXGA AMOLED (a-Si TFT ) development

2005: Samsung SDI 21inch WUXGA AMOLED (a-Si TFT) development

2005: Development of large-scale flexible AMOLED methane substrate flattening technology

2004: Samsung SDI 17.1inch UXGA AMOLED development

2004: Lowering the SAW power and blocking external light with a single polarizing plate or EML polarizing plate layer AMOLED picture quality improvement technology

2003: Long-life AMOLED display realized with organic/inorganic multilayer encapsulation structure

2003: Securing stability by improving lifespan and brightness through the use of phosphors in the OLED EML layer

2002: SNMD 1inch PM Full Color OLED mass production success

2001: Samsung SDI 15inch XGA AMOLED

2000: Samsung SDI succeeds in developing mass production basics through OLED encapsulation technology, the first in the world

Director of DSLAB Research Institute, Ho-Kyun Jeong (Professor, Sungkyunkwan University)

DSLAB's representative footsteps...

2019

SKC Start-up Selection

  • SKC Startup 2nd batch selected through development of NIR luminescent OLED technology based on photoconversion

  • Ulsan Creative Economy Innovation Center Childcare Company Selection

2019

Incorporation and activities of DSLAB Co., Ltd.

  • Corporate Research Institute Certification (No. 2019114204)

  • Venture Business Certification (No. 20190112909)

  • Kinggospring SBA1 Investment Attraction

  • Startup Growth-Stepping Stone Business Selection

  • Selected for Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration RnD Project

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DSLAB News and Activities

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2021 Plasma Industry Forum

21-11-11

The PBM QD Bio OLED Forum introduced various integrated models, such as quantum dots applied to healthcare and smart farming, while addressing existing issues with traditional light sources

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2021 Suwon City Small and Medium Business Award

21-11-30

Promoting commercialization of home healthcare technology for healthy lives of people and pets through the first development of phototherapy Bio-OLED

Suwon City Intellectual Property-Based Startup Promotion Support Project

20-12-18

Startups in Suwon City succeed in early market entry, raising expectations for revitalizing the local economy

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Cheorwon Plasma signs an agreement with DS Lab and QD Green

20-12-20

An MOU for mutual cooperation with investment companies has been signed, with the aim of contributing to the revitalization of the local economy

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Mixing OLED with stray cat food

20-11-09

The Light and Shadow of the Pet Industry

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Just eat the feed… The magic of the red bowl

20-12-10

DSLAB CEO Deok-su Cho’s Motivation for the Pet Industry

and interview

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AI, Big Data, IoT… Promising Entrepreneurs’ ‘Shining’ Ideas

20-10-23

'KINGO-GA Startup Competition' Concludes Successfully

LED & OLED EXPO 2020

20-11-06

(Re) Cheorwon Plasma Industrial Technology Research Institute, presents a new application field lighting market using non-cadmium quantum dot materials

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SKC takes steps to strengthen the materials industry ecosystem

19-04-30

SKC held the 'SKC Startup Plus 2nd Workshop' on the 25th at its headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, to provide a total of 100 million won in commercialization support funds to selected companies and explain the details of the cooperation.

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SKC, Technology Sharing Platform 2nd Phase Launch… “Strengthening Materials Industry Ecosystem”

19-04-26

The "SKC Startup Plus" new materials technology competition selects 10 material companies for its second cohort, with DSLAB being one of the chosen companies

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