Interface control of light-emitting devices based on pyridine-containing conjugated polymers

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Wang, Y Z ^a   Epstein, A J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; PYRIDINE;

DEVICE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0032964011     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980052h     Document Type: Review

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