Wearable red-green-blue quantum dot light-emitting diode array using high-resolution intaglio transfer printing

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Choi, Moon Kee ^a,b   Yang, Jiwoong ^a,b   Kang, Kwanghun ^a,b   Kim, Dong Chan ^a,b   Choi, Changsoon ^a,b   Park, Chaneui ^a,b   Kim, Seok Joo ^a,b   Chae, Sue In ^a,b   Kim, Tae Ho ^c   Kim, Ji Hoon ^d   Hyeon, Taeghwan ^a,b   Kim, Dae Hyeong ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LUMINESCENCE; PIXEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH RESOLUTION INTAGLIO TRANSFER PRINTING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRINTING; TATTOO;

EID: 84929650492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8149     Document Type: Article

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