Surface plasmon-polariton mediated red emission from organic light-emitting devices based on metallic electrodes integrated with dual-periodic corrugation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bi, Yan Gang ^a   Feng, Jing ^a   Liu, Yu Shan ^a   Li, Yun Fei ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xu Lin ^a   Han, Xiao Chi ^a   Sun, Hong Bo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84923325895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07108     Document Type: Article

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