Chemical aspects of polymeric electroluminescent devices

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Sheats, James R ^a   Chang, Ying Lan ^a   Roitman, Daniel B ^a   Stocking, Andrew ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032909478     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980061q     Document Type: Review

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