Benzimidazole/amine-based compounds capable of ambipolar transport for application in single-layer blue-emitting OLEDs and as hosts for phosphorescent emitters

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-585

  Lai, Mei Yi ^a,b   Chen, Chih Hsin ^a,b   Huang, Wei Sheng ^a,b   Lin, Jiann T ^a,b   Ke, Tung Huei ^c   Chen, Li Yin ^c   Tsai, Ming Han ^c   Wu, Chung Chih ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole; Electroluminescence; Electron transport; Hole transport; Light emitting diodes

Indexed keywords

INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHOSPHORESCENCE;

AMBIPOLAR TRANSPORT; BENZIMIDAZOLE;

AMINES;

EID: 40949101733     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704113     Document Type: Article

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