Crosslinking using rapid thermal processing for the fabrication of efficient solution-processed phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1739-1744

  Zuniga, Carlos A ^a   Abdallah, Jassem ^a   Haske, Wojciech ^b   Zhang, Yadong ^a   Coropceanu, Igor ^a   Barlow, Stephen ^a   Kippelen, Bernard ^b   Marder, Seth R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

crosslinking; organic electronics; organic light emitting diodes; polymeric materials

Indexed keywords

BENZOCYCLOBUTENE; CROSSLINKABLE GROUPS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; HOLE TRANSPORTS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

BUTENES; CROSSLINKING; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); POLYMERS; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING;

RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING;

LUMINESCENT AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; ILLUMINATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SILICON; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875152634     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204518     Document Type: Article

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