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Polymer Materials: Wet Processing

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The development of organic printed electronics has been expanding to a variety of applications and is expected to bring innovations to our future life. Along with this trend, high performance organic materials with cost-efficient fabrication processes and specific features such as thin, light weight, bendable, and low power consumption are required. A variety of organic materials have been investigated in the development of this field. The basic guidelines for material design and the recent progress of polymer-based organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is reported.

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  1. Tsukuba Research Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd, Tsukuba, Japan

    Takeshi Yamada

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Chihaya Adachi

  2. Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University KASTEC, Fukuoka, Japan

    Reiji Hattori

  3. Institute for Chemical Research Division of Environmental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Hironori Kaji

  4. Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED, Inc., Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

    Takatoshi Tsujimura

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  1. Division of Environmental Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Hironori Kaji

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Yamada, T. (2021). Polymer Materials: Wet Processing. In: Adachi, C., Hattori, R., Kaji, H., Tsujimura, T. (eds) Handbook of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55761-6_9-1

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