Rational design of carbazole-and carboline-based ambipolar host materials for blue electrophosphorescence: A density functional theory study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 21741-21754

  Varathan, E ^a,b   Vijay, Dolly ^a,b   Subramanian, V ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AMBIPOLAR HOSTS; BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE INJECTION BARRIERS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENCE; HIGH TRIPLET ENERGIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84907474256     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500665k     Document Type: Article

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