Electroluminescence from Solution-Processed Pinhole-Free Nanometer-Thickness Layers of Conjugated Polymers.
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Newby, Carol
Piachaud, Thomas H
Vaynzof, Yana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0783-0707
Lee, Jin-Kyun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-5749
Jung, Seok-Heon
Abstract
We report the formation of robust, reproducible, pinhole-free, thin layers of fluorinated polyfluorene conjugated copolymers on a range of polymeric underlayers via a simple solution processing method. This is driven by the different characters of the fluorinated and nonfluorinated sections of these polymers. Photothermal deflection spectroscopy is used to determine that these layers are 1-2 nm thick, corresponding to a molecularly thin layer. Evidence that these layers are continuous and pinhole-free is provided by electroluminescence data from polymer LED devices that incorporate these layers within the stacked LED structure. These reveal, remarkably, light emission solely from these molecularly thin layers.
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Polymer monolayers, charge confinement, organic light-emitting diodes, orthogonal solvent processing, Electricity, Fluorenes, Halogenation, Light, Lighting, Luminescence, Luminescent Agents, Nanostructures, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Solutions
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Nano Lett
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1530-6984
1530-6992
1530-6992
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18
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G060738/1)
EPSRC and NSF (MWN-0908994)