Tunable emission of polymer light emitting diodes bearing green-emitting Ir(III) complexes: The structural role of 9-((6-(4-fluorophenyl)pyridin-3-yl)methyl)-9H-carbazole ligands

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Cho, Min Ju ^a   Jin, Jung Il ^a   Choi, Dong Hoon ^a   Yoon, Jung Hee ^a   Hong, Chang Seop ^a   Kim, Young Min ^a   Park, Young Wook ^a   Ju, Byeong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrophosphorescence; Iridium(III) complex; Ligand; Photoluminescence; Solubility; Triplet energy transfer

Indexed keywords

2-PHENYLPYRIDINE; AS-LIGANDS; CARBAZOLYL; ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENCE; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; IR(PPY)3; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; IRIDIUM(III) COMPLEX; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY; POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; TRIPLET ENERGY; TRIPLET ENERGY TRANSFER; TUNABLE EMISSIONS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PYRIDINE; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 72149102121     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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