Long-range resonantly enhanced triplet formation in luminescent polymers doped with iridium complexes

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 463-466

  Rothe, Carsten ^a   King, Simon ^a   Monkman, Andrew ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXCITONS; IRIDIUM; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

LUMINESCENT POLYMERS; PULSED LASER EXCITATION; PUMP INTENSITY; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ABSORPTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33744794310     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1630     Document Type: Article

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