scholarly journals Effect of Slit Channel Width of a Shim Embedded in Slot-Die Head on High-Density Stripe Coating for OLEDs

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 772
Author(s):  
Dongkyun Shin ◽  
Jinyoung Lee ◽  
Jongwoon Park

With an attempt to achieve high-density fine organic stripes for potential applications in solution-processable organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), we have performed slot-die coatings using a shim with slit channels in various shapes (rectangular-shaped narrow, rectangular-shaped wide, and reversely tapered channels) in the presence of narrow µ-tips. Based on hydraulic-electric circuit analogy, we have analyzed the fluid dynamics of an aqueous poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). It is observed that the coating speed can be increased and the stripe width can be reduced using a shim with rectangular-shaped wide slit channels. It is attributed that the hydraulic resistance is decreased and thus more fluid can reach a substrate through µ-tips. This behavior is consistent with the simulation result of the equivalent electrical circuit with a DC voltage source representing a pressure source. Using the shim with 150-µm-wide slit channels, we have successfully fabricated 200 PEDOT:PSS stripes within the effective coating width (150 mm) and 160 OLED stripes (34 stripes per inch) with the luminance of 325 cd/m2 at 5 V.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Lei Lu ◽  
Wen-Long Lan ◽  
Wei Shi ◽  
Qionghua Jin ◽  
Peng Cheng

Photo-induced variation of magnetism from ligand-based electron transfer have been extensively studied because of their potential applications in magneto-optical memory devices, light-responsive switches, and high-density information storage materials. In this...


Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Ewa Piotrowska ◽  
Krzysztof Rogowski

The paper is devoted to the theoretical and experimental analysis of an electric circuit consisting of two elements that are described by fractional derivatives of different orders. These elements are designed and performed as RC ladders with properly selected values of resistances and capacitances. Different orders of differentiation lead to the state-space system model, in which each state variable has a different order of fractional derivative. Solutions for such models are presented for three cases of derivative operators: Classical (first-order differentiation), Caputo definition, and Conformable Fractional Derivative (CFD). Using theoretical models, the step responses of the fractional electrical circuit were computed and compared with the measurements of a real electrical system.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1566
Author(s):  
Oliver J. Pemble ◽  
Maria Bardosova ◽  
Ian M. Povey ◽  
Martyn E. Pemble

Chitosan-based films have a diverse range of potential applications but are currently limited in terms of commercial use due to a lack of methods specifically designed to produce thin films in high volumes. To address this limitation directly, hydrogels prepared from chitosan, chitosan-tetraethoxy silane, also known as tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and chitosan-glutaraldehyde have been used to prepare continuous thin films using a slot-die technique which is described in detail. By way of preliminary analysis of the resulting films for comparison purposes with films made by other methods, the mechanical strength of the films produced was assessed. It was found that as expected, the hybrid films made with TEOS and glutaraldehyde both show a higher yield strength than the films made with chitosan alone. In all cases, the mechanical properties of the films were found to compare very favorably with similar measurements reported in the literature. In order to assess the possible influence of the direction in which the hydrogel passes through the slot-die on the mechanical properties of the films, testing was performed on plain chitosan samples cut in a direction parallel to the direction of travel and perpendicular to this direction. It was found that there was no evidence of any mechanical anisotropy induced by the slot die process. The examples presented here serve to illustrate how the slot-die approach may be used to create high-volume, high-area chitosan-based films cheaply and rapidly. It is suggested that an approach of the type described here may facilitate the use of chitosan-based films for a wide range of important applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
So Yeong Jeong ◽  
Hye Rin Shim ◽  
Yunha Na ◽  
Ki Suk Kang ◽  
Yongmin Jeon ◽  
...  

AbstractWearable electronic devices are being developed because of their wide potential applications and user convenience. Among them, wearable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) play an important role in visualizing the data signal processed in wearable electronics to humans. In this study, textile-based OLEDs were fabricated and their practical utility was demonstrated. The textile-based OLEDs exhibited a stable operating lifetime under ambient conditions, enough mechanical durability to endure the deformation by the movement of humans, and washability for maintaining its optoelectronic properties even in water condition such as rain, sweat, or washing. In this study, the main technology used to realize this textile-based OLED was multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation. The outstanding impermeability of TiO2 film deposited at near-room-temperature was demonstrated. The internal residual stress in the encapsulation layer was controlled, and the device was capped by highly cross-linked hydrophobic polymer film, providing a highly impermeable, mechanically flexible, and waterproof encapsulation.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 6754
Author(s):  
Gintare Krucaite ◽  
Saulius Grigalevicius

Organic light emitting diode (OLED) is a new, promising technology in the field of lighting and display applications due to the advantages offered by its organic electroactive derivatives over inorganic materials. OLEDs have prompted a great deal of investigations within academia as well as in industry because of their potential applications. The electroactive layers of OLEDs can be fabricated from low molecular weight derivatives by vapor deposition or from polymers by spin coating from their solution. Among the low-molar-mass compounds under investigation in this field, carbazole-based materials have been studied at length for their useful chemical and electronic characteristics. The carbazole is an electron-rich heterocyclic compound, whose structure can be easily modified by rather simple reactions in order to obtain 2,7(3,6)-diaryl(arylamino)-substituted carbazoles. The substituted derivatives are widely used for the formation of OLEDs due to their good charge carrier injection and transfer characteristics, electroluminescence, thermally activated delayed fluorescence, improved thermal and morphological stability as well as their thin film forming characteristics. On the other hand, relatively high triplet energies of some substituted carbazole-based compounds make them useful components as host materials even for wide bandgap triplet emitters. The present review focuses on 2,7(3,6)-diaryl(arylamino)-substituted carbazoles, which were described in the last decade and were applied as charge-transporting layers, fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters as well as host materials for OLED devices.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rahmati ◽  
Majid Pahlevani ◽  
Gregory Welch

<p>Flexible red OLEDs based on a quadruple layer stack in-between electrodes with 160 mm<sup>2</sup> active area were fabricated in ambient air on PET via slot-die coating. For the OLED structure PET/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PVK/PFO:tPDI<sub>2</sub>N-EH/ZnO/Ag the ink formulations and coating parameters for each layer were systematically evaluated and optimized. The air-stable red-light emitting material tPDI<sub>2</sub>N-EH was successfully utilized as blended homogeneous film with PFO for the emitting layer. The use of an organic hole-transport layer (PVK) and inorganic electron injection layer (ZnO) significantly improved the brightness of the reference device from 4 cd/m<sup>2</sup> to 303 cd/m<sup>2</sup>. Surface analysis using AFM measurements showed that PVK interlayer reduced the surface roughness of the hole injection layer (PEDT:PSS) from 0.45 nm to 0.17 nm, which improved the ability to form uniform emitting layers on top. In addition, the ZnO interlayer improved the average roughness of the device from 1.26 nm to 0.85 nm and reduced the turn-on voltage of the device from 5.0 V to 2.8 V.</p>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rahmati ◽  
Majid Pahlevani ◽  
Gregory Welch

<p>Flexible red OLEDs based on a quadruple layer stack in-between electrodes with 160 mm<sup>2</sup> active area were fabricated in ambient air on PET via slot-die coating. For the OLED structure PET/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PVK/PFO:tPDI<sub>2</sub>N-EH/ZnO/Ag the ink formulations and coating parameters for each layer were systematically evaluated and optimized. The air-stable red-light emitting material tPDI<sub>2</sub>N-EH was successfully utilized as blended homogeneous film with PFO for the emitting layer. The use of an organic hole-transport layer (PVK) and inorganic electron injection layer (ZnO) significantly improved the brightness of the reference device from 4 cd/m<sup>2</sup> to 303 cd/m<sup>2</sup>. Surface analysis using AFM measurements showed that PVK interlayer reduced the surface roughness of the hole injection layer (PEDT:PSS) from 0.45 nm to 0.17 nm, which improved the ability to form uniform emitting layers on top. In addition, the ZnO interlayer improved the average roughness of the device from 1.26 nm to 0.85 nm and reduced the turn-on voltage of the device from 5.0 V to 2.8 V.</p>


Author(s):  
Devender Singh ◽  
Shri Bhagwan ◽  
Raman Kumar Saini ◽  
Vandna Nishal ◽  
Ishwar Singh

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