Efficiency enhancement of flexible organic light-emitting devices by using antireflection nanopillars

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 103, 2011, Pages A295-A302

  Hsuan Ho, Yu ^a   Chun Liu, Chung ^a   Wei Liu, Shun ^b   Liang, Hsun ^a   Wei Chu, Chih ^a   Kuen Wei, Pei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 85010160397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A295     Document Type: Article

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