Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds containing benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazolylyl groups, carbazolyl groups, dibenzofurane groups, dibenzothiophene groups, fluorenyl groups and/or dibenzosilolyl groups. Also disclosed herein are organic electronic devices containing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compound(s), a charge transport layer, charge blocking layer/exciton blocking layer, or an emitting layer containing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compound(s), as well as apparatuses selected from stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, keyboards, items of clothing, furniture, or wallpaper, containing the organic electronic device, or the charge transport layer, the charge/exciton blocking layer, or the emitting layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds containing at least one triazine group. Also disclosed herein are organic electronic devices containing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, or an emitting layer containing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds. Also disclosed herein are apparatuses selected from stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, keyboards, items of clothing, furniture, or wallpaper, containing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds, and use of the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds, for organic electroluminescent devices, electrophotographic photoreceptors, photoelectric converters, organic solar cells, switching elements, organic light emitting field effect transistors, and image sensors or dye lasers. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates electroluminescent devices, comprising a compound of the formula especially as host for phosphorescent compounds. The hosts may function with phosphorescent materials to provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: In a method for producing a riser for inserting into a casting mold used for casting metals, the riser includes a riser body (31) surrounding an inner cavity (36) as a riser volume and is composed of an exothermic and/or insulating riser material (30). To produce a single-piece riser body (31) in a two-part core box (10), a cavity (14) reproducing the outer contour of the riser body (31) is formed and, in order to produce the inner cavity (36), a reversibly expandable king (15) is set in the cavity (14) in such a way that, in the shooting of the riser body (31), the wall region (32), the cup region (33), and the base region (34) of the riser body are formed by the riser material (30) introduced into the intermediate space (41) between the expanded king (15) and the inner wall (40) of the cavity (14).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting the presence or absence of a target analyte in a test sample, comprising the steps: i) providing a plurality of detector nanoparticles comprising a first detector nanoparticle functionalised with a first probe specific for a first region of a target analyte and a second detector nanoparticle functionalised with a second probe specific for a second region of said target analyte; and ii) contacting said detector nanoparticles with a test sample under conditions suitable for the binding of the specific probes to the target analyte, wherein target analyte-induced agglomeration of the detector nanoparticles permits the release of a detectable signal means from a signal reservoir. Also provided are related devices and systems for performing the method of the invention.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance, particularly a domestic refrigeration appliance, has a thermally-insulating housing in which at least one first and one second inner chamber are separated from one another by a thermally-insulated wall. The first inner chamber is divided into a storage compartment and an evaporator chamber. A passage in the thermally-insulated wall connects the evaporator chamber to the second inner chamber. At least one closure element for controlling the air exchange is housed, in the passage, between the evaporator chamber and the second inner chamber.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer comprises as a host material a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2):

Abstract: A casting flow running system (11) for supplying liquid metal to a mold cavity formed in a casting mold includes a plurality of pipe sections (13) that are connected to one another; at least one ingate pipe (13) for connecting the casting flow runner system (11) with an ingate of a casting model forming the mold cavity; and a frame (15) made of a heat-resistant material disposed on the ingate pipe (13). The frame has a net-like webbing (18) made of a fireproof material tensioned therein and is attached to the ingate pipe (13) such that the netlike webbing (18) at least partially spans a cross section of the ingate pipe (13) and is positioned in a region proximate to a surface of a casting piece formed by filling the mold cavity.

Abstract: The efficiency of a household appliance device, in particular of a household refrigerator device, is improved. An inner container has at least one inner panel that delimits an interior at least partially. An air exchange unit is formed with at least two flow channels that run substantially parallel and that are in fluidic communication with the interior.

Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance has a receiving space for foodstuffs which is delimited by walls of an inner container, and a cover plate which is separate from the inner container and is arranged in the receiving space forward of a wall of the inner container. The cover plate is connected to a rail system of the household refrigeration appliance. A functionally first connection type is embodied at a first connection point and a second connection type that is functionally different from the first connection type is embodied at a second connection point at a different location from the first connection point. We also describe a method for installing a cover plate in a household refrigeration appliance.

Abstract: A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food which is delimited by walls of an inner container. A covering plate that is separate from the inner container is arranged in the receiving space in front of a wall of the inner container. A functional unit of the household refrigerator is arranged in the receiving space in front of the wall and in one spatial direction of the household refrigerator the covering plate ends next to the functional unit. The functional unit is covered, at least in certain sections, by a cover that is separate from the covering plate.

Abstract: A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food, a back panel delimiting the receiving space at the back, a no-frost unit, and an air channel arranged behind the back panel and connected to the no-frost unit and has an outlet opening by which cold air from the no-frost unit can be introduced into the receiving space. A suction opening is provided by way of which air can be sucked out of the receiving space by the no-frost unit. The outlet opening and the suction opening are arranged at different levels. A baffle plate is arranged vertically between the outlet opening and the suction opening. The plate is arranged on the back panel and extends forwards in the direction of a loading opening, so cold air blown into the receiving space via the outlet opening flows around a leading edge of the baffle plate that faces the loading opening.

Abstract: A feeder (10) for use in a casting mold includes a feeder body (11) made from an exothermic and/or insulating material. The feeder body has a bottom surface (15) with a feeder opening (16) for connection of the inner cavity (12) of the feeder body (1) with the mold cavity of the casting mold during a casting process. A ring-shaped frame (17) made of a heat-resistant material is secured to the feeder body (11). A netlike webbing (18) made from a fire-resistant material is tensioned within the ring-shaped frame (17). The frame (17) is arranged on the surface (15) of the feeder body (11), such that the netlike webbing (18) is positioned with the feeder (10) formed in the casting mold directly on a surface of a casting piece to be formed during casting.

Abstract: A rotor for an electrodynamic machine, in particular an electric motor, is disclosed. The rotor includes a rotor packet having a first rotor end and a second rotor end as well as a plurality of interconnected sheet metal rings. Each sheet metal ring forms a web. Further, the rotor includes a web insulation with at least one winding support element for receiving a rotor coil. In addition, the rotor includes an end sheet metal element with at least one support element, where the end sheet metal element is at least partially integrated into the winding support element.

Abstract: Novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or heteroarylnitril groups, an electronic device, comprising said novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or het-eroarylnitril groups, which is preferably an electroluminescent device, a charge transport layer, a charge/exciton blocker layer, or an emitting layer comprising said novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or heteroarylnitril groups, an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units; mobile visual display units; illumination units; key-boards; items of clothing; furniture; wallpaper, comprising said organic electronic device, or said charge transport layer, said charge/exciton blocker layer, or said emitting layer.

Abstract: A latch assembly (1) is presented which comprises a safety latch (2) and a trigger latch (4). The safety latch (2) is releasable to raise from a lowered end position into a raised end position for, in use with an object, locking the object. The trigger latch (4) is adapted for fixing the safety latch (2) in its lowered end position and operable for releasing the safety latch (2). The safety latch (2) is adapted to be reset from its raised end position into its lowered end position for unlocking the object. Moreover, a storage compartment having at least one latch assembly (1) is presented.

Abstract: Modular wafer transport and handling facilities are combined in a variety of ways deliver greater levels of flexibility, utility, efficiency, and functionality in a vacuum semiconductor processing system. Various processing and other modules may be interconnected with tunnel-and-cart transportation systems to extend the distance and versatility of the vacuum environment. Other improvements such as bypass thermal adjusters, buffering aligners, batch processing, multifunction modules, low particle vents, cluster processing cells, and the like are incorporated to expand functionality and improve processing efficiency.

Abstract: A breaker core for use in a casting process includes a disk-shaped breaker core (10) having breaker core body and a through-opening (11) for liquid metal. A ring-shaped frame (12) made from a heat-resistant material is secured to the breaker core (10) and has a netlike webbing (15) tensioned therein. The netlike webbing (15) is made from a fire-proof material and spans the through-opening (11) of the breaker core (10) on an underside of a feeder. The frame (17) is secured with an outer sidewall (17) to the body of the disk-shaped breaker core (10). A plane of the netlike webbing (15) tensioned in the frame (12) is secured with a stepped offset to an upper end of the sidewall (17) facing the feeder, so that the netlike webbing (15) is placed in an area of an underside of the breaker core (10) facing the casting model.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has an inner container, which separates at least one storage compartment for refrigerated goods and an evaporator assembly from a surrounding heat insulation layer. A mounting element contains a base plate resting against a wall of the inner container and opposing a broad side of the evaporator assembly and retaining webs which project from the base plate and engage in a form-fit manner in two narrow sides of the evaporator assembly.