Photoluminescence spectroscopy is an important approach for examining the optical interactions in semiconductors and optical devices with the goal of gaining insight into material properties. With contributions from researchers at the forefront of this field, Handbook of Luminescent Semiconductor Materials explores the use of this technique to stud

Handbook of Luminescence, Display Materials and Devices is a major reference work that provides coverage on various aspects of organic and inorganic luminescent materials and devices. These three-volumes provide coverage on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and inorganic display devices including materials synthetic strategies, processing and fabrication methods, screening methods, spectroscopic characterization, energy transfer processes, luminescence in conjugated oligomers, polymers, nanostructured materials, carbon nanotubes, flexible display technologies, up-conversion phosphor materials and aging process, emissive displays display device reliability, electrode material degradation, packaging, surface properties, etc. The handbook has been divided into three thematic volumes; Volume 1. Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Volume 2. Inorganic Display Materials Volume 3. Display Devices KEY FEATURES:1. Most up-to-date reference work summarizing three decades of pioneering research on OLEDs and inorganic displays. 2. A unique source of in-depth knowledge of many aspects of OLEDs, inorganic display materials and devices. 3. Contains 26 state-of-the-art chapters written by more than 60international experts from academia and industries. 4. Over 10,000 bibliographic citations and thousands of illustrations, figures, tables, chemical structures and equations. 5. An essential resource for scientists, researchers, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, college and university professors working in the field of light-emitting diodes, luminescent materials, materials science, solid-state physics, polymer science, chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, optical engineering, display devices, nanotechnology, etc.

This book addresses material growth, device fabrication, device application, and commercialization of energy-efficient white light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, and power electronics devices. It begins with an overview on basics of semiconductor materials, physics, growth and characterization techniques, followed by detailed discussion of advantages, drawbacks, design issues, processing, applications, and key challenges for state of the art GaN-based devices. It includes state of the art material synthesis techniques with an overview on growth technologies for emerging bulk or free standing GaN and AlN substrates and their applications in electronics, detection, sensing, optoelectronics and photonics. Wengang (Wayne) Bi is Distinguished Chair Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Information and Electrical Engineering at Hebei University of Technology in Tianjin, China. Hao-chung (Henry) Kuo is Distinguished Professor and Associate Director of the Photonics Center at National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Tsu, Taiwan, China. Pei-Cheng Ku is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Bo Shen is the Cheung Kong Professor at Peking University in China.

An electroluminescent (EL) material is one that emits electromagnetic (EM) radiation in the visible or near visible range when an electric field is applied to it. EL materials have a vast array of applications in the illumination and displays industries, from cheap and energy efficient lighting to large high resolution flat panel displays.