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<S. A. VanSlyke> coauthored the 1987 demonstration of an efficient <organic light-emitting diode> with <C. W. Tang> at Eastman Kodak. Their device used two deposited organic layers between an indium-tin-oxide anode and a magnesium-silver cathode.
This architecture brought <electrons> and <holes> together near the organic-layer interface, producing visible <electroluminescence> at an applied <electric potential difference> below ten volts. It connected control of carrier injection and recombination to practical light output.<Organic electroluminescent diodes by C. W. Tang and S. A. VanSlyke>[1987, p. 913 abstract and Figure 1]{ref}
The https://www.invent.org/inductees/steven-van-slyke[National Inventors Hall of Fame profile] identifies the OLED co-inventor as Steven Van Slyke. The header preserves the original publication byline.
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