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Abbreviations of host materials and dyes used in Tables 1.3.1:
Alq – tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum, ASPI – trans-4-[p-(N-hydroxyethyl-N-methyl-
3
amino)styryl]-N-methylpyridinium iodide, BBOT – 2,5-bis(5-tert-butyl-2-benzoxazoly)-
thiophene BBQ – 4,4'''bis(2-butyloctyloxy)-p-quaterphenyl, CBP – 4,4'-di(N-carbazole) bi-
phenyl, COP – cyclooctetraene, DCM – 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-p-dimethylamino-
styryl-4H-pyran, DEGMA – ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, DHASI – 4-[bis(2-hydroxy-
ethyl)amino]-N-methylstilbazolium iodide, EGDMA—ethylene glycol dimethacrylate,
GPTMS – glycidoxypropyltrimeth-oxysilane, HEMA – hydroxy ethyl meth-acrylate, HITC
– 1,3,3,1',3',3'-hexamethyl-2,2'-indotricarbocyanine, HPA – hydroxypropyl acrylate, HTP –
high temperature plastic (Korry Electronics), MEH – poly 2-methoxy-5-2'-ethylhexloxy,
MMA – methylmethacrylate, mPMMA – modified polymethylmethacrylate, NAPOXA –
2-napthyl-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazole, NPO – 2-(1-naphthy)-5-phenyloxazole,

PBD – 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, PHEMA – poly (2-hydroxy-
ethyl methacrylate), PMMA – polymethylmethacrylate, POPOP – 1,4-di[2-(5-phenyl-
oxazolyl)] benzene, PPV – poly(1,4-phenylene vinylene), PS – polystyrene, PSI –
proprietary polymer.

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