Surface segregation and self-stratification in blends of spin-cast polyfluorene derivatives

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1319-1328

  Higgins, Anthony M ^a,c   Martin, Simon J ^a   Thompson, Richard L ^b   Chappell, John ^a   Voigt, Monika ^a   Lidzey, David G ^a   Jones, Richard A L ^a   Geoghegan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TOLUENE;

CHARGE INJECTION; SELF-STRATIFICATION; SPIN-CAST POLYFLUORENE DERIVATIVES; SUFACE SEGREGATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 14644397957     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/8/010     Document Type: Article

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