Thin-film permeation-barrier technology for flexible organic light-emitting devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-57

  Lewis, Jay S ^a   Weaver, Michael S ^b  

^a MCNG Res and Development Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible displays; Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs); Permeation barriers

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENCAPSULATION; GLASS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS;

FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; PERMEATION BARRIERS; POLYMER SUBSTRATES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 2442707992     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.824072     Document Type: Article

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