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Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) and Its Derivatives

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The report of electroluminescence in the conjugated polymer poly(p-phenylenevinylene), (PPV) in 19901 has led to a major effort to develop light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on PPV and its derivatives and to understand the chemistry and physics which underpins the fabrication and operation of these devices. In this chapter, we review some of this work, concentrating on the relationship between the fundamental semiconductor physics of conjugated polymers and their performance in LEDs. There are several previous reviews covering polymer LEDs, by us2 and by other authors;3–6 we aim here to concentrate on more recent developments in the field up to the date of writing (1997). The enormous number of articles published on polymer electroluminescence means that it is impossible to mention more than a small fraction of work in the field, and we deliberately draw most of our examples from the work with which we are most familiar — that from the Cambridge group.

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