title: Solution-phase electroluminescence.
abstract: We report emissive devices exhibiting electroluminescence in the solution phase. The principle operating mechanism for these devices--direct electronic carrier injection from the electrodes into the carrier bands of the dissolved polymer--resembles that of a conventional solid-state organic light-emitting diode and is distinct from the solvent-mediated electrochemical devices recently reported by Chang et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, UK SW7 2AY.
authors.forename: Joshua B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Edel
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: deMello
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: deMello