Controlling optical properties of electrodes with stacked metallic thin films for polymeric light-emitting diodes and displays

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Wu, Elbert Hsing En ^a   Li, Sheng Han ^a   Chen, Chieh Wei ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic displays; Organic electronics; Organic light emitting diode (OLED); Transparent conductor

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL ABSORBING FILMS; ORGANIC DISPLAYS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (OLED); POLYMERIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (PLED); SEMIC-TRANSPARENT METALLIC FILMS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR;

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC BEAMS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTILAYERS; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENCY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 27744450496     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2005.853361     Document Type: Article

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