Abstract:
A device is provided, having an anode, a cathode, and a first organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The first organic layer comprises a material that produces phosphorescent emission when a voltage is applied between the anode and the cathode. A second organic layer is disposed between the first organic layer and the cathode. The second organic layer is in direct contact with the first organic layer. The second organic layer may comprise an aromatic hydrocarbon material, comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon core optionally substituted, and wherein the substituents are the same or different, and each is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, substituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl and heterocyclic groups. The second organic layer may comprise a material having a dipole moment less than about 2.0 debyes, such that the device has an unmodified external quantum efficiency of at least about 3% and a lifetime of at least about 1000 hours at an initial luminance of about 100 to about 1000 cd/m2. The second organic layer may be in direct contact with the cathode, or there may be a separate organic layer between the second organic layer and the cathode.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to efficient OLEDs having electron blocking layers. The devices of the present invention comprise at least one electron blocking layer which functions to confine electrons to specific regions of the light emitting devices. The present invention also relates to materials for use as electron blockers that show increased stability when incorporated into an organic light emitting device.
Abstract:
Stable electron acceptor compositions are composed of a plurality of pillared metal complexes disposed on a supporting substrate. At least one Group VIII metal at zero valence is entrapped within this matrix. The complexes comprise from one to about 100 units of the formula:--(Y.sup.1 O.sub.3 --Z--Y.sup.2 O.sub.3)Me.sup.Y --Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 being phosphorus or arsenic; Z being a divalent group which reversibly forms a stable reduced form and contains two conjugated cationic centers having a negative E.sup..smallcircle..sub.red value; and Me.sup.Y being a divalent, trivalent, or tetravalent metal of Group IIIA, IIIB, IVA, or IVB having an atomic number of at least 21 or a lanthanide with bonded anions. The units are bound to the substrate through an organic polymer having side chains derivatized with phosphonate or arsonate groups. Counter anions balance the charge of Z. The compositions can be used in the decomposition of water to yield hydrogen gas, the sensing of oxygen, and as catalysts.
Abstract:
Electron transporting layers comprised of organic free radicals are disclosed for use as the electron transporting layer in multi-layer structures that are useful for fabricating organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). For example, the multi-layer structure may include an electron transporting layer containing an organic free radical comprised of a multi-aryl-substituted cyclopentadienyl free radical of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2, Ar.sub.3, Ar.sub.4 and Ar.sub.5 each are, independently of the other hydrogen, an alkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group. More specifically, included among these materials are those which are comprised of an electron transporting material based on, the pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl Cp.sup..phi.. free radical: ##STR2##
Abstract:
Stable electron acceptor compositions are composed of a plurality of pillared metal complexes disposed on a supporting substrate. At least one Group VIII metal at zero valence is entrapped within this matrix. The complexes comprise from one to about 100 units of the formula:--(Y.sup.1 O.sub.3 --Z--Y.sup.2 O.sub.3)Me.sup.1 --Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 being phosphorus or arsenic; Z being a divalent group which reversibly forms a stable reduced form and contains two conjugated cationic centers having a negative E.degree..sub.red value; and Me.sup.1 being a trivalent or tetravalent metal of Group III, IVA, or IVB having an atomic number of at least 21 or a lanthanide. The units are bound to the substrate through a divalent linking group. Counter anions balance the charge of Z. The compositions can be used in the decomposition of water to yield hydrogen gas, the sensing of oxygen, and as catalysts.
Abstract:
Herbicidally active pyridinesulfonamide compounds having an ortho cyclic saturated or partially saturated group which includes a carbonyl or sulfonyl radical display utility as herbicides and plant growth regulants.
Abstract:
Herbicidally active pyrazolesulfonamide compounds having an ortho cyclic saturated or partially saturated group which includes a carbonyl or sulfonyl radical having utility as herbicides and plant growth regulants.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a new class of excited state intramolecular charge transfer (ESIPT) dye compounds based on mono or dihydroxy substituted 1,3-bisiminoisoindole motif and metal complexes containing such compounds as ligands. The present invention also provides OLEDs containing the compound and/or metal complex as the emissive material.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to multichromophoric assemblies comprising metalloporphyrin scaffolds. The present disclosure also relates, in part, to methods for generating electric-field-stabilized geminate polaron pairs comprising applying electric fields to the multichromophoric assemblies described herein, or alternatively, directly to the metalloporphyrins provided by the present disclosure. The present disclosure further relates, in part, to multichromophoric assemblies comprising metalloporphyrin scaffolds, which exhibit enhanced energy transfer properties.
Abstract:
Compounds that act as capture agents to sequester unsaturated metal complexes are provided. In particular, the compounds may be host materials, dopant materials, or co-dopant materials containing functional groups, such as an isocyanide or a phosphine group, which are suitable for trapping an unsaturated coordination complex. These compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly blue devices, to provide improved device lifetime.