Molecular-scale interface engineering for polymer light-emitting diodes

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6777, 2000, Pages 481-484

  Ho, Peter K H ^a,b   Kim, J I Seon ^a   Burroughes, Jeremy H ^b   Becker, Heinrich ^c   Li, Sam F Y ^d   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Cacialli, Franco ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Display Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Industrial Park Höchst G865 ^*  (Germany)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENGINEERING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINANCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034732084     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006610     Document Type: Article

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