An organic electronic device structure and a method of making the same. According
to a first aspect of the invention, an organic electronic device structure is provided,
which comprises: (a) a substrate layer; (b) an organic electronic region disposed
over the substrate layer; (c) an adhesive layer disposed over the organic electronic
device; and (d) a barrier layer disposed over the adhesive layer. According to
a second aspect of the present invention, an organic electronic device structure
is provided, which comprises: (a) a substrate layer; (b) an organic electronic
region disposed over the substrate layer; (c) a barrier layer disposed over the
organic electronic region; (d) an adhesive layer disposed over the substrate layer
and over the barrier layer; and (e) an additional layer disposed over the adhesive
layer. According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method for providing
an organic electronic device structure of provided. The method comprises: (1) providing
a first region comprising (a) a substrate layer and (b) an organic electronic region
provided over the substrate layer; (2) providing a second region comprising at
least one additional layer; and (3) adhering the first region to the second region
using a pressure sensitive adhesive layer. In many preferred embodiments, the organic
electronic device region is an OLED region.
