ABSTRACT

LEPs have been identified as a promising class of materials for organoelectronic applications.
Easy processing and higher mechanical flexibility of LEPs enable the polymer LEDs to be made
less expensively and in large sheets making them suitable for large screen displays. LEPs also
offer great deal of promise as a cheaper and simpler lighting source due to their less power
consumption. Various applications because of its flexibility also makes it winner in comparison
with LEDs. However the use of PLEDs in broad range of consumer applications in a cost
effective manner is constrained by some of its disadvantages. This has motivated the polymer
chemists to create new types of LEPs with tailored properties by incorporation of side groups or
by copolymerisation. This work aims to review the use of light emitting polymers (LEPs) as
electroluminescent materials in polymer LEDs and to summarise the contributions made by
various chemist groups so as to improve efficiency of PLEDs.