Extremely bright full color alternating current electroluminescence of solution-blended fluorescent polymers with self-assembled block copolymer micelles

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10809-10817

  Cho, Sung Hwan ^a   Jo, Seong Soon ^a   Hwang, Ihn ^a   Sung, Jinwoo ^a   Seo, Jungmok ^a   Jung, Seok Heon ^b   Bae, Insung ^a   Choi, Jae Ryung ^a   Cho, Himchan ^c   Lee, Taeyoon ^a   Lee, Jin Kyun ^b   Lee, Tae Woo ^c   Park, Cheolmin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

block copolymer micelles; field induced electroluminescence; fluorescent polymer; FRET assisted AC electroluminescence; full color AC electroluminescence; multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AC ELECTROLUMINESCENCES; BLOCK CO-POLYMER MICELLES; ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT; EMITTING MECHANISMS; FIELD-INDUCED; FLEXIBLE POLYMER SUBSTRATES; FLUORESCENT POLYMERS; OPERATION RELIABILITY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COLOR; DISPLAY DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINANCE; MICELLES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMERS; QUENCHING;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84891366917     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4040926     Document Type: Article

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