High-Performance Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using ITO Anodes Grown on Plastic by Room-Temperature Ion-Assisted Deposition

Advanced Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Yang, Yu ^a   Huang, Qinglan ^a   Metz, Andrew W ^a   Ni, Jun ^a   Jin, Shu ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^a   Madsen, Mark E ^b   DiVenere, Antonio ^b   Ho, Seng Tiong ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phosistor Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANODES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION BOMBARDMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS;

ION-ASSISTED DEPOSITION (IAD); ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 1642297844     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200305727     Document Type: Article

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