Luminance enhancement of electroluminescent devices using highly dielectric UV-curable polymer and oxide nanoparticle composite

Contrast-Enhancement in Black Dielectric Electroluminescent Devices

A high contrast electroluminescent (EL) device structure is presented. The diffuse luminous reflectivity from the metal/dielectric/phosphor/indium-tin-oxide/glass EL device structure is 3%. A Eu-doped GaN phosphor is used to demonstrate the contrast-enhanced operation. Low reflectivity is achieved by inserting a light-absorbing black thick-film BaTiO3 layer between the phosphor and the rear met...

Luminescence Enhancement in Polymer/Nanoparticle Composite Electro-Optic Devices

Numerous technical advances in the area of polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) have been made since their discovery in 1990 by Friend et al at Cambridge University . PLEDs are derivatives from the more commonly known LED (light emitting diode) devices. LEDs are solid-state semiconductor devices that convert electrical energy into light. They are typically used as indicator lights and numeric ...

Enhanced luminance in polymer composite light emitting devices

We demonstrate that mixing insulating oxide nanoparticles into electroluminescent polymer materials results in increased current densities, radiances, and power efficiencies in polymer light emitting diode devices. For low driving voltages, an order of magnitude increase in current density and light output is achieved with minimal loss in device lifetime. At 5 V, we achieve radiances of 10 000 ...

Inkjet printing of UV-curable adhesive and dielectric inks for microfluidic devices.

Bonding of polymer-based microfluidics to polymer substrates still poses a challenge for Lab-On-a-Chip applications. Especially, when sensing elements are incorporated, patterned deposition of adhesives with curing at ambient conditions is required. Here, we demonstrate a fabrication method for fully printed microfluidic systems with sensing elements using inkjet and stereolithographic 3D-print...

Electroluminescent Devices Using a Polymer of Regulated Conjugation Length and a Polymer Blend