Organic light-emitting diodes employing efficient reverse intersystem crossing for triplet-to-singlet state conversion

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-258

  Goushi, Kenichi ^a   Yoshida, Kou ^a   Sato, Keigo ^a   Adachi, Chihaya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84862790099     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.31     Document Type: Article

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