Isotope effect in spin response of π-conjugated polymer films and devices

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-352

  Nguyen, Tho D ^a   Hukic Markosian, Golda ^a   Wang, Fujian ^a   Wojcik, Leonard ^a   Li, Xiao Guang ^b   Ehrenfreund, Eitan ^c   Vardeny, Z Valy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FERROMAGNETIC ELECTRODES; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETOCONDUCTANCE; OPTICALLY DETECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); SPIN DIFFUSIONS; SPIN-POLARIZED CARRIER INJECTION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 77949919934     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2633     Document Type: Article

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