Alternating-current light-emitting devices based on conjugated polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 894-896

  Wang, Y Z ^a   Gebler, D D ^a   Lin, L B ^a   Blatchford, J W ^a   Jessen, S W ^a   Wang, H L ^b   Epstein, A J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC POLYMERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OHMIC CONTACTS; OXIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; CHARGE INJECTION; EMERALDINE BASE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; POLYANILINES; POLYPYRIDINES;

LUMINESCENT DEVICES;

EID: 0030083849     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116222     Document Type: Article

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