Excellent photostability of phosphorescent nanoparticles and their application as a color converter in light emitting diodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3397-3405

  Kim, Ok Hee ^a   Ha, Shin Woo ^a   Kim, Jae Il ^b   Lee, Jin Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Electro Mechanics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Iridium(III) complex; LED color converter; Luminescence; Phosphorescent nanoparticles; Photostability; Silica nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LED COLOR CONVERTER; PHOSPHORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; PHOTO-STABILITY; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

COLOR; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROSILYLATION; IRIDIUM; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHYSICAL OPTICS; SILICA; WATER ANALYSIS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 77955875018     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100139e     Document Type: Article

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