Synthesis and utilization of perylene-based n-type small molecules in light-emitting electrochemical cells

Zachary B Hill1, Deanna B Rodovsky, Janelle M Leger

  • 1University of Washington, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|December 6, 2008
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