Microporous phase-separated films of polymer blends for enhanced outcoupling of light from OLEDs

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 106, 2011, Pages A1272-A1280

  Liu, Rui ^a   Ye, Zhuo ^a   Mok Park, Joong ^a   Cai, Min ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Ming Ho, Kai ^a   Shinar, Ruth ^b   Shinar, Joseph ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLS; ITO GLASS; MICROPOROSITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; SUBSTRATES; TOLUENE; POLYMER FILMS;

ANGULAR EMISSION; DROP-CASTING; ECONOMICAL METHODS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LIGHT EXTRACTION; MICROPORES; MICROPOROUS; MICROPOROUS FILMS; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; TOLUENE SOLUTION;

POLYMER FILMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 80755167820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.0A1272     Document Type: Article

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