A nano-indentation study of the reduced elastic modulus of Alq3 and NPB thin-film used in OLED devices

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-455

  Chiang, Chien Jung ^a   Bull, Steve ^b   Winscom, Chris ^c   Monkman, Andy ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coated systems; Flexible OLED; Nano indentation; NPB; OLED

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; INDENTATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

COATED SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE OLED; INDENTATION DEPTH; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; OLED; PHARR METHOD; REDUCED ELASTIC MODULUS; TRIS(8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE) ALUMINUM;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 75449083766     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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