Poly(fluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)s: Effect of structure, molecular weight and polydispersity on their performance in polymer light-emitting diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4800, Issue , 2002, Pages 138-147

  Herguth, Petra ^a   Jiang, Xuezhong ^a   Liu, Michelle S ^a   Jen, Alex K Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Electroluminescence; Fluorene; Molecular weight; Molecular weight distribution; Photoluminescence; Polymer light emitting diodes (LED); Structure

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYOLEFINS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; FLUORENE; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYFLUORENE CO-BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0037516667     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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