Electric Field Screening in Polymer Light-emitting Diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5214, Issue , 2004, Pages 162-171

  Lane, Paul A ^a   De Mello, John C ^b   Fletcher, Robert ^c   Bernius, Mark ^c  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Polymer LED; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMODULATION (EM) SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER LED;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GROUND STATE; MODULATION; POLYMERS; QUENCHING; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 1942453214     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.521054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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