Synthesis and characterization of novel rhenium (I) complexes with large Stokes shift for applications in organic electroluminescent devices

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 241, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Li, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Dongyu ^b   Lu, Gonghao ^a   Xiao, Guoyong ^a   Chi, Haijun ^a   Dong, Yan ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Hu, Zhizhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIAONING   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Optical material; Rhenium complex; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861863397     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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