Enhancement and Reduction of Nonradiative Decay Process in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Gold Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Gao, C.-Y.; Chen, K.-L.; Sze, P.-W.; Chen, Y.-C.; Huang, C.-J. Enhancement and Reduction of Nonradiative Decay Process in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Gold Nanoparticles. Appl. Sci. 2016, 6, 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/app6120441
Gao C-Y, Chen K-L, Sze P-W, Chen Y-C, Huang C-J. Enhancement and Reduction of Nonradiative Decay Process in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Gold Nanoparticles. Applied Sciences. 2016; 6(12):441. https://doi.org/10.3390/app6120441
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Chia-Yuan, Kan-Lin Chen, Po-Wen Sze, Ying-Chung Chen, and Chien-Jung Huang. 2016. "Enhancement and Reduction of Nonradiative Decay Process in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Gold Nanoparticles" Applied Sciences 6, no. 12: 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/app6120441
APA StyleGao, C.-Y., Chen, K.-L., Sze, P.-W., Chen, Y.-C., & Huang, C.-J. (2016). Enhancement and Reduction of Nonradiative Decay Process in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Gold Nanoparticles. Applied Sciences, 6(12), 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/app6120441