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Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 4389 Reviews Evolution of Red Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials and Devices Chin-Ti Chen Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529 Received February 29, 2004. Revised Manuscript Received April 24, 2004 This short review surveys the development of red fluorescent materials for the application of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that generate red electroluminescence (EL). The merit and problems of current dopant-based, either fluorescent or phosphorescent, red OLEDs will be addressed first. Materials that offer unique EL characteristics, such as narrow and saturated red EL as well as current density or voltage-independent EL efficiency, are discussed. In addition to dopant-based and assist dopant-based red OLEDs for comparison purposes, the survey emphasizes nondoped red OLEDs that are fabricated with the newly emerging red fluorophores as the host-emitter. The advantage of host-emitting nondoped OLEDs compared with traditional dopant-based red OLEDs is described in view of the chemical and device structures of these materials. Introduction Light-emitting materials are the primary substance for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that generate electroluminescence (EL) in flat panel display applica- tions. Fundamentally, EL originates from electron and hole recombination on fluorescent materials in the thin film layer structure of OLEDs. The light-emitting materials can be in two possible forms, either as the emitter itself (host-emitter) or