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Inkjet Printing of Light-Emitting Polymer Displays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Tatsuya Shimoda ,
Katsuyuki Morii ,
Shunichi Seki  and
Hiroshi Kiguchi
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Abstract

Based on the concept of a microliquid process, we have developed an organic electroluminescent display using conductive polymers, including light-emitting polymers. The technology of inkjet printing has progressed enough to be used for the microliquid process. First, we describe the process used to form a patterned thin film. This involves inkjet-related technologies, the self-patterning behavior of a microliquid on the substrate, and the drying process that defines the thickness profile and film properties. Some microliquid behaviors and related phenomena, along with properties of the resulting film, were identified as distinct from those coming from a macroscopic liquid, as a result of size effects. By fully utilizing these unique properties of microliquids, we have succeeded in fabricating color-pixel arrays by direct patterning of polymer solutions. As a result, an organic electroluminescent display with a vivid full-color image has been developed.

Keywords

chemical synthesiselectrical propertieselectro-optical materialsinkjet printingliquidspolymerssolution processing
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Bulletin , Volume 28 , Issue 11: Inkjet Printing of Functional Materials , November 2003 , pp. 821 - 827
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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