| 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 |
| 20100148663 | Blue Emitter with High Efficiency Based on Imidazo[1,2-f] Phenanthridine Iridium Complexes - Imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine compounds are provided. The compounds have a twisted aryl moiety further substituted by alkyl having four or more atoms. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emissive dopants, providing devices with improved efficiency, stability, and manufacturing. In particular, the compounds provided herein may be used in blue devices having high efficiency. | 06-17-2010 |
| 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 |
| 20110227049 | PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIALS - Novel organic compounds containing a twisted aryl group are provided. In particular, the compounds provided contain a 2-phenylpyridine ligand having a twisted aryl group on the pyridine portion of the ligand. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants. Devices comprising the compounds containing twisted aryl may demonstrate improved color, efficiency, stability and manufacturing. Additionally, methods are provided for making homoleptic Ir (III) compounds which may contain a twisted aryl. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110304263 | Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Up Conversion (TTA-UC) For Display and Lighting Applications - Novel devices comprising a layer including compounds that are capable of triplet triplet annihilation up conversation (TTA-UC). In particular, the up-conversation layer absorbs light emitted by the OLED device and emits up-converted light with shorter wavelength in response. These devices may be used to provide improved lifetime for blue emitting devices. | 12-15-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080309222 | Materials and structures for enhancing the performance of organic light emitting devices - A device is provided, having an anode, a cathode, and two adjacent organic layers disposed between the anode and the cathode. One organic layer is a phosphorescent emissive material. The other organic layer may comprise an aromatic hydrocarbon material, comprising an aromatic non-heterocyclic hydrocarbon core optionally substituted, and wherein the substituents are the same or different, and each is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, substituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl and heterocyclic groups. The second organic layer may comprise a material having a molecular 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 m | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100007273 | CARBENE METAL COMPLEXES AS OLED MATERIALS - An organic light emitting device having an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is provided. In one aspect, the organic layer comprises a compound having at least one zwitterionic carbon donor ligand. In another aspect, the organic layer comprises a carbene compound, including the following: | 01-14-2010 |