Efficient near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with emission from spin doublet excitons

Cho, Hwan-Hee; Gorgon, Sebastian; Londi, Giacomo; Giannini, Samuele; Cho, Changsoon; Ghosh, Pratyush; Tonnelé, Claire; Casanova, David; Olivier, Yoann; Baikie, Tomi K.; Li, Feng; Beljonne, David; Greenham, Neil C.; Friend, Richard H.; Evans, Emrys

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Efficient near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with emission from spin doublet excitons

Hwan-Hee Cho

, Sebastian Gorgon

, Giacomo Londi

, Samuele Giannini

, Changsoon Cho

, Pratyush Ghosh

, Claire Tonnelé

, David Casanova

, Yoann Olivier

, Tomi K. Baikie

, Feng Li

, David Beljonne

, Neil C. Greenham

, Richard H. Friend

, Emrys Evans

Nature Photonics, Volume: 18, Pages: 905 - 912

Swansea University Author: Emrys Evans

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The development of luminescent organic radicals has resulted in materials with excellent optical properties for near-infrared emission. Applications of light generation in this range span from bioimaging to surveillance. Although the unpaired electron arrangements of radicals enable efficient radiat...

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Efficient near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with emission from spin doublet excitons

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