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| Author(s): |
Célio Aécio Medeiros Borges
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2005-06-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Francisco Eduardo Gontijo Guimaraes;
Luiz Alberto Cury;
Marcelo Henrique Gehlen;
Edilson Sérgio Silveira;
Antonio Ricardo Zanatta
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| Advisor: | Francisco Eduardo Gontijo Guimaraes |
| Abstract | |
This PhD thesis is an extensive study of the optical properties of the interfaces of organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). In particular, we investigated the influence of interfaces metal/polymer and ITO/polymer on the emission of an active layer in such devices. Therefore, it was necessary to dominate all the processes of fabrication and characterization of the multilayered structures used in the present investigation. We have used a very thin PPV probe layer (1.5 nm) to map the optical properties very near the metal/organic and the Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO)/organic interfaces. A new Spin-Layer-by-Layer method was employed which allowed a control of deposition of layers at the monolayer level. Precise variation of the metal/PPV or ITO/PPV separation over the entire substrate surface was achieved by the deposition of an organic inert spacer layer. The ITO surface modifications were carried out by soft acidic aquaregia treatment. A strong modulation of the probe layer emission was observed near the metal and ITO interfaces. These results are explained by calculations which include competing short range radiationless energy transfer and intensity modulation due effects produced by the optical cavity formed by metal/polymer films/air. At small distances (<20 nm) from interface, collective excitations in the metal act as energy acceptors, which open up an efficient nonradiative channel. Here, material parameters (diffraction index, reflectance and emission wavelength, for example), surface treatment and structure as well as geometrical factors may play an important role. (AU) | |