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Recent Advances in Organometallic Polymers as Highly Efficient Electrophosphorescent Emitters

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Recent progress and development of organometallic electrophosphorescent polymers, which attracted increasing interest of researchers in the field of phosphorescent light-emitting devices, has been reviewed. The synthesis, structural characterization, photoluminescence, electroluminescence and possible application of electrophosphorescent polymers are surveyed and discussed.

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We are grateful to the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2002CB613403) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50173008, No. 90201023, No. 50433030) for their financial support.

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    Jiaxing Jiang, Wei Yang & Yong Cao

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This paper is dedicated to the outstanding scientific accomplishments of Professor Ian Manners to the field of inorganic and organometallic polymers.

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Jiang, J., Yang, W. & Cao, Y. Recent Advances in Organometallic Polymers as Highly Efficient Electrophosphorescent Emitters. J Inorg Organomet Polym 17, 37–55 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-006-9091-2

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