Development of transparent bacterial cellulose nanocomposite film as substrate for flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) display

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Ummartyotin, S ^a   Juntaro, J ^b   Sain, M ^b   Manuspiya, H ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Flexible display; Nanocomposite; Optical transparency; Optoelectronic device; Organic light emitting diode

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT - EMITTING DIODES; OLED DISPLAYS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING; POWER EFFICIENCY; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; DIODES; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; CURRENT; ELECTRODE; EVAPORATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUBSTRATE; TRANSMITTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051930804     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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