Recent Progress in High-Luminance Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes |
Rhee, Seunghyun
(Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC), Seoul National University)
Kim, Kyunghwan (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC), Seoul National University) Roh, Jeongkyun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) Kwak, Jeonghun (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC), Seoul National University) |
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