Quantum efficiency enhancement in film by making nanoparticles of polyfluorene

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 13391-13397

  Huyal, Ilkem Ozge ^a   Ozel, Tuncay ^a   Tuncel, Donus ^a   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; THIN FILMS;

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER THIN FILMS; REPRECIPITATION METHODS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLUORENES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 50049106738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013391     Document Type: Article

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