Organic light-emitting diodes based on lateral-substituted distyrylbenzenes

J. E. Wong, M. S. Weaver, T. Richardson, D. D.C. Bradley, D. W. Bruce

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Abstract

We previously reported the synthesis of an insoluble distyrylbenzene (DSB) derivative and its promising results in the fabrication of organic light-emitting devices. In this work, we report the design, synthesis and characterisation of two soluble alkoxysubstituted distyrylbenzenes, one symmetrical and one unsymmetrical. Using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique, we successfully deposited 35 layers of one of our most promising distyrylbenzene derivatives on indium-tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrate, with aluminium forming the top contact to form a single-layer (SL) electroluminescent (EL) device. The I-V characteristics for such a device operated under forward bias is similar to a semi-classical rectifying diode and the onset of visible light emission occurs around 5 V. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering C
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2002
Externally publishedYes

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