Journal article
Synthesis of light-emitting conjugated polymers for applications in electroluminescent devices
AC Grimsdale, KL Chan, RE Martin, PG Jokisz, AB Holmes
Chemical Reviews | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2009
DOI: 10.1021/cr000013v
Abstract
A review was presented to demonstrate a historical description of the synthesis of light-emitting conjugated polymers for applications in electroluminescent devices. Electroluminescence (EL) was first reported in poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) in 1990 and researchers continued to make significant efforts to develop conjugated materials as the active units in light-emitting devices (LED) to be used in display applications. Conjugated oligomers were used as luminescent materials and as models for conjugated polymers in the review. Oligomers were used to demonstrate a structure and property relationship to determine a key polymer property or to demonstrate a technique that was to be applie..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the Australian Research Council, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia), the Victorian Endownment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation, International Science Linkage Project CG 100059 (DIISR, Australia), and the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for generous financial support. We thank Drs. David Fyfe and Scott Brown (CDT) for supplying the data in ref 2641 and OSRAM/Ingo Maurer for permission to reproduce the images of the PLED solid state lighting (see ref 2642 and cover).