IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
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Formation of Soluble Ink Using Nanoparticles of Low Molecular EL Materials
Naoaki SAKURAIHiroyasu KONDOShuzi HAYASE
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2014 Volume E97.C Issue 1 Pages 85-90

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As one of organic electroluminescent (EL) materials, we developed a method of fabricating an ink using low molecular- weight materials with a long emission lifetime for application to the inkjet method. Although the emission lifetime is usually long for low molecular-weight materials, their high manufacturing cost due to the necessity of vapor deposition is a disadvantage. We utilized the low molecular-weight material, tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3), and investigated its dispersibility in a solvent in which it has low solubility. In addition, we ascertained whether the material could maintain its photoluminescence characteristic under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays by investigating the emission of photoluminescence. Alq3 was crystallized into nanosize crystals, whose surface was then coated with a primary amine by the gas evaporation method. The fabricated ink contained crystals with an average size of 250nm and high dispersibility in tetradecane, in which Alq3 is insoluble. Thus, we made it possible to carry out an inkjet method with low molecular weight EL materials.

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