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Title: Organic electroluminescent devices having improved light extraction

Patent ·
OSTI ID:913115

Organic electroluminescent devices having improved light extraction include a light-scattering medium disposed adjacent thereto. The light-scattering medium has a light scattering anisotropy parameter g in the range from greater than zero to about 0.99, and a scatterance parameter S less than about 0.22 or greater than about 3.

Research Organization:
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-00NT40989
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,245,074
Application Number:
10/850,700
OSTI ID:
913115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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