{"id":78753,"date":"2025-05-05T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=78753"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:23:55","slug":"samsung-quantum-dot-display-technology-verified-as-no-cadmium-receives-sgs-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-quantum-dot-display-technology-verified-as-no-cadmium-receives-sgs-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Quantum Dot Display Technology Verified as No-Cadmium, Receives SGS Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung announced that the quantum dot (QD) sheet used in its QD TVs has received independent certification of compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive and has been verified to contain no cadmium by the global certification institute, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de Surveillance (SGS).<\/p>\n<p>SGS, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is a world-leading testing and certification body that provides services to ensure organizations meet stringent quality and safety standards across various industries, including electronic products, food and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to receiving recognition from SGS for the no-cadmium technology in Samsung quantum dot film, the company\u2019s compliance with the EU\u2019s RoHS directive provides shoppers with additional comfort regarding the content of their screen as they watch TV.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/tvs\/tv-buying-guide\/?r=true&#038;referrer=usnewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"recommended-news\" aria-label=\"Explore Samsung&#039;s TV Buying Guide \u2013 Read more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/05134525\/tv-buying-guide.png\" alt=\"Read more: Explore Samsung's TV Buying Guide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Explore Samsung's TV Buying Guide<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Samsung began researching quantum dot technology in 2001, and its ongoing commitment to research and investment has positioned it at the forefront of innovation in the global display market.<\/p>\n<p>After developing the world\u2019s first no-cadmium quantum dot material in 2014, Samsung launched TVs that implemented the technology the following year. Since then, the company has been leading quantum dot technology through continuous technological advancements.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Samsung successfully created nanocrystal material without cadmium and has secured around 150 patents for the technology. With this extensive expertise and technological progress, the company has ushered in a new era of innovative quantum dot TVs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded product-module\">\n\t\t<a id=\"product-module-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/tvs\/vision-ai-tv\/\" title=\"Vision AI\" class=\"snr-article_product-image\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/23163157\/Vision-AI-Companion-Updated-4.png\" alt=\"Vision AI\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SGS testing confirms that the quantum dot film is cadmium-free and compliant with RoHS standards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29727,29718,29728],"tags":[30093,125],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-78753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-home-entertainment","category-product","category-product-home-entertainment-tv-home-theaters","tag-quantum-dot-technology","tag-television-tv"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/05134853\/Samsung-TVs-and-Displays-Neo-QLED-8K-Quantum-Dot-Technology-Receives-SGS-Certification_main1-200x200.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/05134853\/Samsung-TVs-and-Displays-Neo-QLED-8K-Quantum-Dot-Technology-Receives-SGS-Certification_main1-432x286.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":29727,"name":"Home Entertainment","slug":"product-home-entertainment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29727,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29718,"count":343,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-home-entertainment\/","term_path":"product\/product-home-entertainment"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78759,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78753\/revisions\/78759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78753"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=78753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}