Unlocking the full potential of organic light-emitting diodes on flexible plastic

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 753-757

  Wang, Z B ^a   Helander, M G ^a   Qiu, J ^a   Puzzo, D P ^a   Greiner, M T ^a   Hudson, Z M ^b   Wang, S ^b   Liu, Z W ^a   Lu, Z H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 82455187911     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.259     Document Type: Article

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