Image force effects at contacts in organic light-emitting diodes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3880-3882

  Tutis E ^a,b   Bussac, M N ^a,c   Zuppiroli, L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0000974017     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125487     Document Type: Article

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