Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Percent Of Services Payable In Cash Or Shares

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- Definition

Research and development expense (credit).

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- Definition

The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482913/230-10-50-5

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- Definition

Price of the entity's common stock which would be required to be attained for the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument to become effective.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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EQUITY AND CASH COMPENSATION UNDER THE PPG AGREEMENT - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percent of services payable in cash or shares	50.00%		50.00%
Issuance of common stock in connection with materials and license agreements (in shares)			0
Charges to expense for cash portion of reimbursement of expenses	$ 4.6	$ 1.5	$ 12.5	$ 6.1
New OLED Materials Agreement and OLED Materials Agreement [Member] \| Weighted Average
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Minimum average closing price of common stock (in dollars per share)			$ 20