Enhanced solid-state luminescence and low-threshold lasing from starburst macromolecular materials

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Lai, Wen Yong ^a,c   Xia, Ruidong ^b   He, Qi Yuan ^c   Levermore, Peter A ^b   Huang, Wei ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EL SPECTRUM; FLUORENE (FI); LOW THRESHOLDS; NOVEL SERIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) GRATINGS; STAR BURST; THRESHOLD LASING;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 58449090423     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800748     Document Type: Article

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