Improving the performance of doped π-conjugated polymers for use in organic light-emitting diodes

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6787, 2000, Pages 661-665

  Gross, Markus ^a   Müller, David C ^a   Nothofer, Heinz Georg ^b   Scherf, Ulrich ^b   Neher, Dieter ^c   Bräuchle, Christoph ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORENE; INDIUM; OXIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18344412127     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015037     Document Type: Article

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