White-light emission from mixing blue and red-emitting metal complexes

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 596-601

  Shunmugam, Raja ^a   Tew, Gregory N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

ATRP; Lanthanide; Quantum yield; Terpyridine; White emission

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METAL COMPLEXES; METAL IONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MIXING; POLYMERS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

BLUE-EMITTING; FACILE PRODUCTION; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; RUTHENIUM (IV) COMPLEXES; SIDE CHAINS; TERPYRIDINE; WHITE LIGHT; WHITE-LIGHT EMISSION;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

POLYMER; POLYMER PROPERTY;

EID: 47149100164     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1115     Document Type: Article

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