High-efficiency oligothiopene-based light-emitting diodes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-441

  Gigli, G ^a   Barbarella, G ^b   Favaretto, L ^b   Cacialli, F ^c   Cingolani, R ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

OLIGOTHIOPHENE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0032614510     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124403     Document Type: Article

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