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US 2006/0234059 A1Published application
Modified electrodes using functional organic materials and electronic devices therefrom
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Cella, Christian Anton Heller, Jie Liu
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Abstract
A surface modified electrode, included in an electronic device comprises an electrode layer, and a functional organic material. The functional organic material comprises an amine-substituted polymeric material which is on the surface of and in contact with the electrode layer. Such surface modified electrodes are useful for producing electronic devices.
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A surface modified electrode comprising:
- an electrode layer;
- and
- a functional organic material disposed on the electrode layer;
- wherein the functional organic material comprises an amine-substituted polymeric material, and is on the surface of and in contact with the electrode layer and wherein the surface modified electrode is included in an electronic device.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first conductive layer;
- a second conductive layer;
- and
- an electro-active material layer disposed between the first and second conductive layers;
- wherein at least one of the first and second conductive layers is modified by a functional organic material, the functional organic material comprising an amine-substituted polymeric material.
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A method for fabricating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- disposing a layer of a functional organic material material on the surface of the and in contact with a first conductive layer to form a surface modified electrode;
- and
- disposing an electro-active material layer between the surface modified electrode and a second conductive layer;
- wherein the functional organic material comprises an amine-substituted polymeric material.
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A device comprising:
- a display unit, the display unit comprising a plurality of electronic devices, wherein at least one of the electronic devices comprises:
- a first conductive layer;
- a second conductive layer;
- and
- an electro-active material layer disposed between the first and second conductive layers,
- wherein at least one of the first and second conductive layers is modified by a functional organic material, the functional organic material comprising an amine-substituted polymeric material;
- and further wherein the functional organic material is on the surface of and in contact with at least one of the first and second conductive layers.
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A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- applying an electrical field or light energy to the electronic device to convert between electrical energy and light energy, wherein the electronic device comprises:
- a first conductive layer;
- a second conductive layer;
- and
- an electro-active material layer disposed between the first and second conductive layers,
- wherein at least one of the first and second conductive layers is modified by a functional organic material, the functional organic material comprising an amine-substituted polymeric material;
- and further wherein the functional organic material is on the surface of and in contact with at least one of the first and second conductive layers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.