Introduction:
Electroluminescent
organic materials have several properties beneficial for
photonic applications: They can replace inorganic
semiconductors at lower cost because they are more easily
processed. They
have high fluorescence efficiencies (> 60%) and, as a
group, their emission wavelengths span the entire visible
spectrum. In this
regard, electroluminescent devices based on organic materials
have considerable potential for use in, for example, large
area light-emitting display technology.
Facilities:
The Organic Nanomaterials
Laboratory incorporates a dedicated MBraun glovebox optimised
for solution processing of organic polymeric and oligmeric
materials. The 6m3
facility consists of two individual boxes connected by an
antechamber, an inert atmosphere maintained at < 0.1 ppm H2O
and < 0.1 ppm O2, and a suite of processing
equipment for fabrication and electro-optical characterisation
of organic optoelectronic devices:
• Integrated resist spinner
• Vacuum oven
• Autocore 500 High vacuum metal thermal evaporator
• In situ electro-optical test station (interfaced to external characterisation
system)
• In situ electrical probe station
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MBruan glovebox facility |
Auotcore 500 High vacuum thermal
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Organic device post-thermal anneal |
