Singlet Oxygen as a Reactive Intermediate in the Photodegradation of an Electroluminescent Polymer

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 117, Issue 41, 1995, Pages 10194-10202

  Scurlock, Rodger D ^a   Wang, Bojie ^a   Ogilby, Peter R ^a   Sheats, James R ^b   Clough, Roger L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

BCHA-PPV; ELECTROLUMINESCENT POLYMERS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES; SINGLET OXYGEN;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0029386208     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00146a004     Document Type: Article

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