ABSTRACT
Light-emitting polymers (LEPs) have been a subject of many review articles that dealt with various aspects of the design, synthesis, and applications of different classes of LEPs. This chapter presents reviews covering the synthesis and application of LEPs. It provides a complete collection of references to the existing electroluminescent (EL) polymers, while discussing the problems of their design, synthesis, physical properties, and the resulting LED performance. The chapter includes description of basic synthetic methods and, through a diversity of discussed structural variations influencing optoelectronic and EL properties, uncovers some general structure–property relationships in the organic materials. A short description of LED structure is given along with the data on EL performance, whenever possible. The chapter also lists some of the best-performing LEPs and their future perspectives.
