Light manipulation for organic optoelectronics using bio-inspired moth's eye nanostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Ou, Qing Dong ^a   Chen, Jing De ^a   Shen, Su ^a   Tang, Jian Xin ^a   Li, Yan Qing ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84922773662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04040     Document Type: Article

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