Chemical and morphological stability of aluminum tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) (Alq 3): Effects in light-emitting devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios ^a,c,d,e   Zhang, Xian Man ^b   Higginson, Keith A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alq 3; Moisture; Morphology; Organic light emitting diodes; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; STABILITY; SUBLIMATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM TRISHYDROXYQUINOLINE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL STABILITY; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0031699122     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.669465     Document Type: Article

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