Blue light emitting polymers

Polymer light emitting diodes have a good chance to become the main display system in the near future since diodes have many advantages concerning preparation and operation over other display systems. This review focuses on blue light emitting polymers introduced in the literature during the last 10 years. The characteristics of the photoluminescence and electroluminescence of these polymers is reviewed. Synthesis methods for blue light emitting polymers with conjugations in the polymer backbone are also described. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.