Phase-separated thin film structures for efficient polymer blend light-emitting diodes

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-392

  Yim, Keng Hoong ^a   Doherty, Walter J ^b   Salaneck, William R ^b   Murphy, Craig E ^c   Friend, Richard H ^a   Kim, Ji Seon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer blends; Organic semiconductors; Phase separation; Polymer light emitting diodes; Thin film morphology

Indexed keywords

BLEND THIN FILMS; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH VOLTAGE; INTERFACE STATE; LATERAL PHASE SEPARATION; MICROMETER-SCALE; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE;

CARRIER MOBILITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 76749092743     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9025105     Document Type: Article

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