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Figure 1: Organics on display.

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Figure 2: Evolution of organic and inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

RON MOON, HEWLETT PACKARD

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  1. *Second International Conference on Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and Related Phenomena (ICEL-2), Sheffield, UK, 12-15 May 1999.

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Ziemelis, K. Glowing developments. Nature 399, 409–411 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/20798

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