Material and interface engineering for highly efficient polymer light emitting diodes

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-26

  Liu, Michelle S ^a   Niu, Yu Hua ^a   Luo, Jingdong ^a   Chen, Baoquan ^a   Kim, Tae Dong ^a   Bardecker, Julie ^a   Jen, Alex K Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Hole transport; Interface; Polyfluorene; Polymer light emitting diodes; Surfactants; Transition metal ligand complex

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INTERFACE; POLYFLUORENE; TRANSITION METAL-LIGAND COMPLEX; HOLE TRANSPORT; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 32944464762     PISSN: 15321797     EISSN: 15329038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321790500471160     Document Type: Article

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