Novel light-emitting devices based on pyridine-containing conjugated polymers

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1263-1268

  Wang, Yunzhang Z ^a   Gebler, Darren D ^a   Spry, David J ^a   Fu, Dan K ^b   Swager, Timothy M ^c   MacDiarmid, Alan G ^b   Epstein, Arthur J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; CHARGE CARRIERS; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; VINYL RESINS;

POLYVINYL CARBAZOLE; PYRIDINE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0031210989     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.605466     Document Type: Article

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