Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications / Luminescent Materials and Applications

Series Preface

Preface

1 Principles of Luminescence (Adrian H. Kitai)

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Radiation Theory

1.3 Simple Harmonic Radiator

1.4 Quantum Description

1.5 Selection Rules

1.6 Einstein Coefficients

1.7 Harmonic Perturbation

1.8 Blackbody Radiation

1.9 Dipole-Dipole Energy Transfer

1.10 Energy Levels in Atoms

1.11 Crystal Field Splitting

Acknowledgement

References

2 Phosphor Quantum Dots (Debasis Bera, Lei Qian and Paul H. Holloway)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Nanostructured Materials

2.3 Quantum Dots

2.4 Relaxation Processes of Excitons

2.5 Blinking Effect

2.6 Surface Passivation

2.7 Synthesis Processes

2.8 Optical Properties and Applications

2.9 Perspective

Acknowledgement

References

3 Color Conversion Phosphors for LEDS (Jack Silver and Robert Withnall)

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Disadvantages of using LEDs without Color Conversion Phosphors

3.3 Phosphors for Converting the Color of Light Emitted by LEDs

3.4 Survey of the Synthesis and Properties of some Currently Available Color Conversion Phosphors

3.5 Multi-Phosphor pcLEDs

3.6 Quantum Dots

3.7 Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

4 Development of White OLED Technology for Application in Full-Color Displays and Solid-State Lighting (T. K. Hatwar and Jeff Spindler)

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Generation of White Light

4.3 White OLEDs for Display Applications

4.4 White OLED Tandem Architecture

4.5 White OLEDs Based on Triplets

4.6 White OLEDs Based on Conjugated Polymers

4.7 White OLEDs for Solid-State Lighting

4.8 Advanced Manufacturing of Large-Area Coatings

4.9 Future Outlook

Acknowledgements

References

5 Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells (Jun Gao)

5.1 Introduction

5.2 LEC Operating Mechanism and Device Characteristics

5.3 LEC Materials

5.4 Frozen-Junction LECs

5.5 Planar LECs

5.6 Conclusions and Outlook

References

6 LED Materials and

Adrian Kitai is Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering / Engineering Physics at McMaster University (Canada). He was educated at McMaster University and received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University (USA). His research interests include fundamental luminescent materials, new luminescent devices, new avalanche injection devices and optical fiber liquid crystal display technology. Professor Kitai is a world leader in electroluminescent (EL) science and technology. With over 20 years of experience in the field, he holds several patents relating to EL technology and he has been the Chapter President of the Society for Information Display in Canada. Many of the leading EL researchers in Canada, have been taught and trained by Professor Kitai.