New Conducting Polymers for Use as Active Layers in Light Emitting Diodes

Information

• NSF Award
• 9160937

Owner

• Uniax Corporation

• Award Id

  9160937

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1992 - 33 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1992 - 32 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 48,171.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

The recent invention of conducting polymer Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) expends the possible applications for conducting polymers into the area of active light sources, with possible significant advantages over existing gallium arsenide LED technology. In order to exploit this alternative, some remaining technical barriers must be addressed. Among these are the need for materials with higher quantum efficiency, in order to boost device visibility in bright sunlight. UNIAX proposes to synthesize copolymers whose structure mimics that of a partially conjuugated (but thermally unstable) precursor to the conducting polymer poly(p-phenylene vinylene). The precursor has been shown to have a quantum efficiency about 20 times that of the daughter fully conjugated polymer.

• Program Officer

  Ritchie B. Coryell

• Min Amd Letter Date

  1/24/1992 - 33 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  1/24/1992 - 33 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  UNIAX Corporation

• City

  Santa Barbara

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  6780 Cortona Drive

• Postal Code

  931173022

• Phone Number

  8055629293

• First Name

  Floyd

• Last Name

  Klavetter

• Email Address

  flklav@grove.iup.edu

• Start Date

  1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Materials Research

• Code

  106000

• Name

  Solid State Chem and Polymers

• Code

  16