Molecular-scale simulation of electroluminescence in a multilayer white organic light-emitting diode

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 652-658

  Mesta, Murat ^a   Carvelli, Marco ^a,b,c   De Vries, Rein J ^a,b,c   Van Eersel, Harm ^a,b   Van Der Holst, Jeroen J M ^a   Schober, Matthias ^d   Furno, Mauro ^d   Lüssem, Björn ^d   Leo, Karl ^d   Loebl, Peter ^e   Coehoorn, Reinder ^a,b   Bobbert, Peter A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

CONTINUUM SIMULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROCESS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; HYBRID MULTILAYERS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NANOMETRE RESOLUTION; WHITE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84879356699     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3622     Document Type: Article

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