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Synfacts 2006(3): 0219-0219  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931932
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Achieving White Light Emission from an Organic Polymer

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
J. Liu, Q. G. Zhou, Y. X. Cheng, Y. H. Geng, L. X. Wang*, D. G. Ma, X. B. Jing, F. S. Wang
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, P. R. of China
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21 February 2006 (online)

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Significance

The organic polymer shown above exhibits three distinct and simultaneous emissions at λ 445 nm (blue), 515 nm (green) and 624 nm (red) when it is incorporated into a single-layer device and an appropriate bias is applied. As a result of the simultaneous emission of red, green and blue light and carefully planned minimization of energy transfer and charge trapping, the polymer generates white light with three primary colors.