Development of semi-interpenetrating polymer networks and quantum dots-polymer nanocomposites for low-cost, flexible OLED display application

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 639-652

  Zhao, Lihua ^a   Zhou, Zhang Lin ^a   Guo, Zengshan ^b   Gibson, Gary ^a   Brug, James A ^a   Lam, Sity ^a   Pei, Jian ^b   Mao, Samuel S ^c  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Display; Luminescence

Indexed keywords

COLOR PURITY; COMPOSITE; DISPLAY; FULL COLOR; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INERT POLYMERS; LOW-COST SOLUTION; OLED DISPLAYS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PROCESSABILITY; RECENT PROGRESS; RED GREEN BLUES; SEMI-INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; SOLVENT RESISTANCE;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; OLIGOMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84863178429     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.3     Document Type: Review

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