| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080220265 | Cross-linkable Iridium Complexes and Organic Light-Emitting Devices Using the Same - Organic devices comprising an organic layer, wherein the organic layer is non-electroluminescent and comprises a cross-linked metal complex. The cross-linked metal complex may be formed by cross-linking a cross-linkable iridium complex, which comprises a set of ligands coordinated to a central iridium atom. One or more of the ligands have attached thereon, one or more polymerizable groups that are able to polymerize with other molecules to form intermolecular covalent bonds. In some cases, the organic layer may also comprise a dopant. Also provided are a method of making an organic light-emitting device, an iridium complex, and an organic-light emitting device using certain iridium complexes. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080261076 | PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIALS - Phosphorescent materials and devices with high device efficiency, stability, and processibility. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080280163 | Organometallic compounds having host and dopant functionalities - Organometallic compounds comprising an emissive core and one or more poly-phenylene branches linked to the emissive core. Host moieties are provided as pendant groups on the branches. In some cases, the poly-phenylene chain is linked in meta configuration to reduce π-conjugation in the chain. Suitable host moieties for use in the organometallic compound include those that contain carbazole or triphenylene structures. The quantity and types of host moieties on the organometallic compound may be varied to tune the molecular weight ratio of the host moieties relative to the emissive core. In some cases, the organometallic compound is sufficiently soluble in organic solvents to permit solution processing. Also provided are organic electronic devices comprising organometallic compounds of the present invention and methods for making an organic electronic device using organometallic compounds of the present invention. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090108737 | LIGHT-EMITTING ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES - Phosphorescent materials and devices with improved device manufacturing, fabrication, stability, efficiency, and/or color. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090130296 | Fabrication of Organic Electronic Devices by Ink-Jet Printing at Low Temperatures - Methods of forming an organic layer by ink-jet printing in the fabrication of an organic electronic device. The organic layer is formed by ink-jet printing onto a surface, a solution comprising an organic material in a low boiling point solvent. The ink-jet printing occurs at an ambient temperature of less than 20° C. such that the solvent has a vapor pressure of 10 mmHg or less. The ink-jet printing may be performed in a temperature-controlled chamber. After ink-jet printing the solution, the solvent is evaporated such that the organic material remains on the surface, thereby forming the organic layer. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100072887 | ORGANOSELENIUM MATERIALS AND THEIR USES IN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - The present invention provides organoselenium compounds comprising dibenzoselenophene, benzo[b]selenophene or benzo[c]selenophene and their uses in organic light emitting devices. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100090591 | PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIALS - Phosphorescent materials and devices having high efficiency and stability, narrow spectrum, and improved processibility. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100141127 | PHOSPHORESCENT EMITTERS - Heteroleptic compounds containing phenylpyridine and phenylbenzimidazole are provided. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emissive dopants in the emissive layer of such devices. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100200841 | LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR INKJET PRINTING OF ORGANIC LAYERS OR OTHER USES - A method of forming an organic layer by using a liquid composition comprising a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in a ketone solvent. The liquid composition is deposited on a surface to form the organic layer. The ketone solvent may be an aromatic ketone solvent, such as a tetralone solvent. The organic semiconductor material may be cross-linkable to provide a cross-linked organic layer. The method can be used to make organic electronic devices, such as organic light emitting devices. In another aspect, the liquid composition comprises a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in an aromatic ether solvent. Also, provided are liquid compositions which can be used to make organic layers. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100244004 | HETEROLEPTIC IRIDIUM COMPLEX - Novel compounds comprising heteroleptic iridium complexes are provided. The compounds have a particular combination of ligands which includes a single pyridyl dibenzo-substituted ligand. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants, to provide devices having improved efficiency, lifetime, and manufacturing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100270916 | IRIDIUM COMPLEX WITH METHYL-D3 SUBSTITUTION - Novel organic compounds comprising ligands with deuterium substitution are provided. In particular, the compound is an iridium complex comprising methyl-d | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100323464 | LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR INKJET PRINTING OF ORGANIC LAYERS OR OTHER USES - A method of forming an organic layer for an organic electronic device (e.g., an OLED) by using a liquid composition comprising a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in a solvent preparation in which the content of higher boiling impurities is reduced. The solvent preparation comprises a high boiling point solvent and 0.1 wt % or less of impurities having a higher boiling point than the solvent. The liquid composition is deposited on a surface by inkjet printing to form the organic layer. Also, provided are liquid compositions which can be used to make organic layers. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110057559 | PHOSPHORESCENT EMITTERS AND HOST MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED STABILITY - Devices containing a particular combination of organic compounds are provided. In particular, the devices contain twisted aryl compounds having extended conjugation (i.e., the twisted aryl is substituted with an additional aryl group) in combination with dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran containing host materials. The organic light emitting devices may provide improved stability color, lifetime and manufacturing. Compounds containing a twisted aryl having extended conjugation are also provided. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110084599 | SINGLE TRIPHENYLENE CHROMOPHORES IN PHOSPHORESCENT LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - Novel triphenylene compounds are provided. Specific examples include multi-aryl-substituted triphenylenes. A preferred group of compounds are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused aryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups and alkyl groups. A further preferred group of compounds are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused heteroaryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups, non-fused heteroaryl groups, and alkyl groups. Some high triplet energy analogs are expected to work with deep blue phosphorescent dopants. The compounds may be useful in phosphorescent organic light emitting devices. Also provided is an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer between the anode and the cathode, the emissive layer comprising a phosphorescent material and a compound having a repeat unit, the repeat unit containing a triphenylene moiety. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110089411 | CROSS LINKABLE IONIC COMPOUNDS - Ionic compounds comprising: (a) a cationic radical of a charge transporting compound which has one or more reactive groups; and (b) a counter anion. The reactive functional groups on the cation allow the ionic compound to cross-link with a host charge transport compound. Such ionic compounds may have various properties, such as thermodynamic stability, hole injection/transport capabilities, electrochemical durability, and/or solubility in organic solvents that allows them to be useful in organic electronic devices. Also provided are electronic devices made using the ionic compounds of the present invention, and methods of making an electronic device. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110163302 | HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS HAVING A SULFUR-CONTAINING GROUP - Novel materials are provided, having a single phenyl or a chain of phenyls where there is a nitrogen atom on each end of the single phenyl or chain of phenyls. The nitrogen atom may be further substituted with particular thiophene, benzothiophene, and triphenylene groups. Organic light-emitting devices are also provided, where the novel materials are used as a hole transport material in the device. Combinations of the hole transport material with specific host materials are also provided. | 07-07-2011 |