Novel iridium complex and its copolymer with N-vinyl carbazole for electroluminescent devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Ogino, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Kuniaki ^a   Usui, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Electroluminescence (EL); Iridium complex; N vinyl carbazole (VCz); Phosphorescence

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICA; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLUTIONS;

HOLE-TRANSPORT LAYERS; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; N-VINYL CARBAZOLE; TETRAHYDROFURAN (THF);

LUMINESCENT DEVICES;

EID: 2442719201     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.824068     Document Type: Article

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