Nanoscale-accuracy transfer printing of ultra-thin AlInGaN light-emitting diodes onto mechanically flexible substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Trindade, A J ^a   Guilhabert, B ^a   Massoubre, D ^a,c   Zhu, D ^b   Laurand, N ^a   Gu, E ^a   Watson, I M ^a   Humphreys, C J ^b   Dawson, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM INDIUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; AUTOMATED TRANSFER; BLUE EMISSION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; NANOPATTERNING; OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER; PRINTED ARRAYS; TRANSFER PRINTING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

PRINTING;

EID: 84891467960     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4851875     Document Type: Article

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