Toward the ideal organic light-emitting diode. The versatility and utility of interfacial tailoring by cross-linked siloxane interlayers

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 632-643

  Veinot, Jonathan G C ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alberta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILOXANE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SILOXANES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24344502046     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar030210r     Document Type: Review

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