Introduction to the physics of organic electroluminescence;Introduction à la physique de l'électroluminescence organique

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-402

  Schott, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Carrier recombination; Carrier transport; Exciton radiative decay; Injection; Multilayer diodes; Organic electroluminescence; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179474     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(00)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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