Cathodic-controlled and near-infrared organic upconverter for local blood vessels mapping

Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 31:6:32324. doi: 10.1038/srep32324.

Abstract

Organic materials are used in novel optoelectronic devices because of the ease and high compatibility of their fabrication processes. Here, we demonstrate a low-driving-voltage cathodic-controlled organic upconverter with a mapping application that converts near-infrared images to produce images of visible blood vessels. The proposed upconverter has a multilayer structure consisting of a photosensitive charge-generation layer (CGL) and a phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) for producing clear images with a high resolution of 600 dots per inch. In this study, temperature-dependent electrical characterization was performed to analyze the interfacial modification of the cathodic-controlled upconverter. The result shows that the upconverter demonstrated a high conversion efficiency of 3.46% because of reduction in the injection barrier height at the interface between the CGL and the OLED.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Blood Vessels / pathology
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Luminescent Agents / chemistry
  • Luminescent Agents / therapeutic use
  • Semiconductors
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Luminescent Agents