Articles

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Semiconducting Polymer LEDs, Materials Today (2002)

Technologies based on organic semiconductors may answer the increasing demands that consumers make in the...

 

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Transient Response of Passive Matrix Polymer LED Displays (with K. Erickson and G. Yu), Synthetic Metals (2001)
Video displays based on polymer and organic displays require high resolution and high data rates....
 

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Method to Optimize Polymer Film Spin Coating for Polymer LED Displays (with M. Cecchi and H. Smith), Synthetic Metals (2001)
Research and development of displays and image sensors based on semiconducting polymers require design of...
 

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Crosstalk and Image Uniformity in Passive Matrix Polymer LED Displays (with J. Rowe and G. Yu), Synthetic Metals (1999)
Passive matrix displays based on polymer and organic light-emitting diodes suffer from crosstalk, when the...
 

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Crosstalk in Passive Matrix Polymer LED Displays, Synthetic Metals (1998)
Passive matrix displays based on polymer and organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) suffer from crosstalk, the...
 

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Electroluminescence and Photoluminescene Efficiency of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Deriatives (with E. Staring, R. Demandt, G. Rikken, Y. Kessener, A. Venhuizen, M. van Knippenberg, and M. Bouwmans), Synthetic Metals (1995)

Alkoxy, alkyl, and cyano derivatives of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) [PPV] are used as the emissive layers in...

 

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Schottky Effect at a Metal-Polymer Interface (with G. Rikken, E. Staring, and R. Demandt), Applied Physics Letters (1994)
We report the observation of the Schottky effect at the interface between a metal and...
 

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State-of-the-art: in Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes NEOME Polymer LED Mini Symposium (15–17 September 1993, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) (with Adam Brown, Emiel Staring, and E. W. Meijer), Synthetic Metals (1994)
A symposium focused on recent progress in the field of polymer light-emitting diodes was held...
 

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Light-Emitting Diodes from Partially Conjugated Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (with C. Zhang and A. J. Heeger), Journal of Applied Physics (1993)

We report the effect of conversion conditions on the device characteristics of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV)...

 

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Semiconducting Polymer-Buckminsterfullerene Heterojunctions: Diodes, Photodiodes, and Photovoltaic Cells (with N. S. Sariciftci, C. Zhang, V. I. Srdanov, A. J. Heeger, G. Stucky, and F. Wudl), Applied Physics Letters (1993)

The characterization of rectifying heterojunctions (diodes) fabricated from a semiconducting polymer, a soluble derivative of...

 

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Nanosecond Transient Electroluminescene from Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (with D. Moses, C. Zhang, and A. J. Heeger), Applied Physics Letters (1992)

The transient electroluminescence from polymer light-emitting diodes is reported. When the devices are mounted on...

 

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Electroluminescence and Electrical Transport in Poly(3-Octylthiophene) Diodes (with G. Gustafsson, D. McBranch, and A. J. Heeger), Journal of Applied Physics (1992)

We report visible light emission from diodes made from poly(3-octylthiophene). Use of a soluble derivative...

 

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Improved Efficiency in Semiconducting Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (with A. J. Heeger and H. Kromer), Journal of Electronic Materials (1991)
We report visible light emission from metal-polymer diodes made from semiconducting polymers, with indium-tin oxide...
 

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Visible Light Emission from Semiconducting Polymer Diodes (with A. J. Heeger), Applied Physics Letters (1991)
We report visible light emission from Shottky diodes made from semiconducting polymers, confirming the discovery...
 

Conference Proceedings

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Teaching Sustainability in Electrical Engineering Lab Courses, Sustainability Conference 2008 (2008)
Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the...
 

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Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Lessons for Engineering Instructors from a Capstone Course in Environmental Studies (with Emmit B. Evans, Randall Knight, and Thomas Ruehr), Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Honolulu, Hawaii (2007)
The capstone course teaches students to analyze global environmental issues, resources, and human activities with...
 

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Web-Based Design and Analysis Projects for a Junior Level Integrated Circuits Course, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Honolulu, Hawaii (2007)

Just as the electronics industry can increase productivity with web-based tools, web-based design offers opportunities...

 

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A Senior Level Polymer Electronics Course: Unique Instruction or Just Low Cost?, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Portland, Oregon (2005)
After progressing from research laboratories to factories to the market, semiconducting polymers now appear in...
 

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Illuminating Electronics Problem Solving With The Cal Poly MoHAT Technique (with Fred W. DePiero and Michael Borland), Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Boston, MA (2002)
This paper describes a Cal Poly version of circuit analysis to assist both students and...
 

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Greasing the Tenure Track 2, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Albuquerque, New Mexico (2001)
Some new faculty must balance the competing demands of the desire to teach effectively while...
 

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Cultivating Graduate Students: Techniques to Inspire Effective Research (with Linda Vanasupa, Blair London, Kevin Kingsbury, and Heather Smith), Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2001)
Each year, U.S. institutions grant well over 10,000 bachelor's degrees in science and engineering. However,...
 

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A Multidisciplinary Polymer Electronics Laborary (with Kevin Kingsbury and Linda Vanasupa), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (2000)
Semiconducting polymers blend several attractive features that enable inexpensive and unique applications. Forming the subjects...
 

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Simulations of Passive Matrix Polymer Image Sensors (with G. Yu), Materials Research Society 1999 Spring Proceedings, Symposium B: Flat Panel Displays and Sensors-Principles, Materials, and Processes (1999)
Two-dimensional passive photodiode matrices are hardly useful for image sensing due to the crosstalk between...
 

Patents

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Visible Light Emitting Diodes Fabricated From Soluble Semiconducting Polymers (with Alan J. Heeger), United States Patent Number: 6,878,974 B2 (2005)
Visible light LEDs are produced having a layer of conjugated polymer which is cast directly...
 

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Electroluminescent Display Device Including Active Polymer Layer (with Aemilianus G. J. Staring and Karel E. Kuijk), United States Patent Number: 6,014,119 (2000)
Control device for an electroluminescent display device, comprising an active layer of a semiconducting polymer...
 

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Electroluminescent Device Comprising a Transparent Structured Electrode Layer Made From a Conductive Polymer (with Aemilianus G. J. Staring), United States Patent Number: 5,986,400 (1999)
A description is given of an electroluminescent (EL) device (1) composed of polymeric LEDs comprising...
 

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Electroluminescent Illumination System (with Dirk J. Broer, Antonius H.J. Venhuizen, and Christianne R.M. De Witz), United States Patent Number: 5,928,801 (1999)
An illumination system has an active layer which includes an electroluminescent material, the active layer...
 

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Fabrication of Visible Light Emitting Diodes Soluble Semiconducting Polymers (with Alan J. Heeger), United States Patent Number: 5,869,350 (1999)
Visible light LEDs are produced having a layer of conjugated polymer which is cast directly...
 

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Electroluminescent Device Having Electroluminescent Compound and Liquid Crystalline Compound (with Rifat A.M. Hikmet, Aemilianus G.J. Staring, Hermanmus F.M. Schoo, and Johan Lub), United States Patent Number: 5,748,271 (1998)
A description is given of an electroluminescent device (1) having an LED structure, which is...