Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.

Abstract: Methods for depositing a kesterite film comprising a compound of the formula: Cu2?xZn1+ySn(S1?zSez)4+q, wherein 0?x?1; 0?y?1; 0?z?1; ?1?q?1, generally include contacting a hydrazine-based solvent, a source of Cu, a source of Sn, a source of Zn carboxylate, a source of at least one of S and Se, under conditions sufficient to form a solution substantially free of solid particles; applying the solution onto a substrate to form a thin layer; and annealing the thin layer at a temperature, pressure, and length of time sufficient to form the kesterite film. Also disclosed are hydrazine-based precursor solutions for forming a kesterite film and a photovoltaic device including the kesterite film formed by the above method.

Abstract: A zinc oxide (ZnO) precursor and a method of depositing a ZnO-based thin film using the same, with which a high-quality and high-purity ZnO-based thin film can be deposited. The ZnO precursor includes a mixture solvent containing at least two organic solvents which are mixed and a source material comprising diethyl zinc or dimethyl zinc which is diluted in the mixture solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive metal ink composition which is properly applied for roll-printing process to form conductive pattern with improved conductivity, and the method of preparing a conductive pattern using the same. The conductive metal ink composition comprises a conductive metal powder; an organic silver complex where an organic ligand including amine group and hydroxyl group binds with a silver (Ag) salt of aliphatic carboxylic acid; a non-aqueous solvent comprising a first non-aqueous solvent having a vapor pressure of 3 torr or lower at 25° C. and a second non-aqueous solvent having a vapor pressure of higher than 3 torr at 25° C.; and a coatability improving polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which comprise organic cyclophanes, in particular as matrix materials for fluorescent or phosphorescent emitter compounds or as charge-transport materials, in particular electron-transport materials, and to diverse organic cyclophanes themselves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new types of material mixtures composed of at least two substances, one serving as a matrix material and the other being an emission material capable of emission and containing at least one element of atomic number greater than 20, and for their use in organic electronic components such as electroluminescent elements and displays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.

Abstract: A metal organic precursor, including a metal-chelate complex including a chelate including a Groups 3 to 12 metal ion, a chelating ligand, and an anion bound to the chelate, wherein the chelating ligand forms a reducing compound and a volatile material at a temperature of about 160° C. or lower, the anion forms a reducing compound and a volatile material at a temperature of about 180° C. or lower, and the metal-chelate complex is represented by Formula I: [L1-Me]pn+[A]qm???(I) wherein Me is the Groups 3 to 12 metal ion, L1 is the chelating ligand, A is the anion, n, m, p, and q are independently integers of 1 or more, n is the sum of a charge quantity of L1 and a charge quantity of Me, m is a charge quantity of A, and (n×p)=(m×q).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste in which fine metal particles are dispersed into a chemical adsorption liquid produced from a mixture of at least an alkoxysilane compound, a silanol condensation catalyst, and a nonaqueous organic solvent to form an organic thin film comprising molecules covalently bound to the surface of the fine metal particle by having the surface of the fine metal particle react with the alkoxysilane compound, so that fine metal particles that are given a reactive function to the surface are produced while almost maintaining the original conductivity of the fine metal particles, and further the particles are pasted with an organic solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of general formula (I) which can transport holes in an organic optoelectronic device, and to blends and solutions comprising the compound of general formula (I): wherein X is C, Si or Ge; A is a group of formula (II) wherein Z is N, P, NH, O or S; E is C1-10 alkyl or H; W is substituted or unsubstituted C5-14 aryl or substituted or unsubstituted C6-16 alkyl; e is an integer from 1 to 4; and z is 1 or 2; B, C and D are each independently A, H, C1-C12 alkyl, C5-14 aryl or OH; and a, b, c and d are each independently an integer from 1 to 5.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic slurry composition and an electrophoretic display device comprising the same, where the electrophoretic slurry comprises charged particles; polymer beads comprising an acryl- or vinyl-based repeating unit; and a fluid medium. Accordingly, the present invention has a high reactivity to a driving voltage, sustains images or text for a predetermined period of time or longer even when the driving voltage is switched off, and provides a high contrast ratio and enhanced visibility to implement high-quality text or images.

Abstract: Pigment-based inks are provided. The inks include a non-polar carrier fluid and pigment particles suspended in the non-polar carrier fluid. The pigment particles have tri-block copolymer grafts. Each tri-block copolymer graft comprises a tri-block copolymer having three portions: an inner block attached to the pigment particle, a middle block, and an outer block, wherein the inner and outer blocks each contain bulky organic groups to help facilitate solubility of the functionalized polymers in the non-polar solvent and to provide steric stabilization of the resulting particle dispersion in the non-polar solvent, and wherein the middle block contains either acidic or basic functionalized side groups that facilitate charging of the pigment particle. A combination of an electronic display and an electronic ink employing the pigment and a process for making the pigment-based inks are also provided.

Abstract: Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.

Abstract: A coated article includes an applied transparent electrically conductive oxide film of niobium doped titanium oxide. The article can be made by using a coating mixture having a niobium precursor and a titanium precursor. The coating mixture is directed toward a heated substrate to decompose the coating mixture and to deposit a transparent electrically conductive niobium doped titanium oxide film on the surface of the heated substrate. In another coating process, the mixed precursors are moved toward the substrate positioned in a plasma area between spaced electrodes to coat the surface of the substrate. Optionally, the substrate can be heated or maintained at room temperature. The deposited niobium doped titanium oxide film has a sheet resistance greater than 1.2 ohms/square and an index of refraction of 1.00 or greater. The chemical formula for the niobium doped titanium oxide is Nb:TiOX where X is in the range of 1.8-2.1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel non-polymeric organic ionic compound comprising one ion having a functional organic group, such as a matrix group, a hole injection group, a hole transport group, an electron injection group and an electron transport group, and comprising another ion preferably being so small that it may act as a mobile ion in films containing the organic ionic compound. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a composition containing the novel organic ionic compound and another functional compound. The novel organic ionic compound or the composition may be used in organic devices as functional materials, such as matrix materials or for materials charge transport. The resulting organic devices are also object of the present invention.

Abstract: Different embodiments of the optoelectronic component have an organic layer structure for isolating charge carriers of a first charge carrier type and charge carriers of a second charge carrier type. The organic layer structure comprises a copper complex which has at least one ligand with the chemical structure as per a formula (I). In this formula, E1 and E2 are each one of the following elements independently of one another: oxygen, sulphur or selenium. R is chosen from the group comprising: hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted, branched, linear or cyclic hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element including an electron injection and transport layer containing an organic boron compound, which has excellent characteristics such as efficiency and service life. The present invention achieves the object mentioned above by providing an organic EL element including: an anode; a light emitting layer formed on the anode; an electron injection and transport layer that is formed on the light emitting layer, contains an organic boron compound, and has a crystalline structure; and a cathode formed on the electron injection and transport layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a one-part die attach adhesives material useful for packaging semi-conductors including HB-LED. The composition of the present invention includes a thermal and electrical conductive filler, a polymer matrix and a solvent which form a material with high thermal conductivity, low curing temperature and high self-life temperature. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing said composition by mixing a size-selected and surface-modified filler formulation, a polymer matrix and a non-reactive organic solvent together followed by curing the mixture at a low temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel triscarbazole compound having substituent on N-phenyl, which can be represented by Formula (I). wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen or alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms wherein at least one hydrogen atom is optionally replaced by halogen; RA, RB, RC, RD and RE are any of substituents other than hydrogen wherein at least two of R1 and RA may further form a fused ring; and i, j, k, l and m are same or different at each occurrence and represent an integer from 0 to 4, with the proviso that when R1 is hydrogen, i is not 0. By introduction of the substituent on N-phenyl, the device efficiency, stability and lifetime can be increased while maintaining the solubility. These compounds can be used in various organic devices such as organic light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells or organic semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxocarbon-, pseudooxocarbon- and radialene compounds as well as to their use as doping agent for doping an organic semiconductive matrix material, as blocker material, as charge injection layer, as electrode material as well as organic semiconductor, as well as electronic components and organic semiconductive materials using them.

Abstract: This invention relates to a range of compounds, inks and compositions used to make materials for photovoltaics, including solar cells. In particular, this invention relates to inks containing precursor compounds, as well as the precursor compounds, and materials for preparing photovoltaic layers. The precursor compounds and inks contain compounds having the formula MB(ER)3 wherein MB is In, Ga or Al, which can be deposited and converted to a material form.

Abstract: A palladium precursor composition includes at least one palladium salt and at least one fluorinated component, wherein if the fluorinated component is not a fluorinated organoamine, the composition further includes an organoamine, and if the fluorinated component is a fluorinated organoamine, the composition may optionally further include one or more additional fluorinated components. Further disclosed is a substantially pinhole-free palladium layer formed from the precursor composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing titanium dioxide paste for dye sensitized solar cell, and more specifically a method for preparing titanium dioxide paste fir dye sensitized solar cell, which is curable at a low temperature and is able to form a uniform coating layer and exhibits relatively high energy conversion efficiency. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing low temperature curable paste which requires no separate dye adsorption process or can improve energy conversion efficiency by adding dye or metal precursor in advance.

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (I) or (II). wherein A is a single bond or a divalent residue of biphenyl, triphenyl, in each of which one or more hydrogen atoms attached in the carbon atoms may be replaced by a substituent other than hydrogen, wherein Z is any one selected from N, O, S, and SiR, Y is N—R, O, S, Si(R)2 where R is C1-20 alkyl or aryl, R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or C1-20 alkyl; X1 to X4 are independently selected from substituents other than spirobifluorenyl, A, B1 or B2 l, p and q are integers of from 0 to 4; m is an integer of from 0 to 3, wherein B1 and B2 are independently selected from hydrogen and a heterocyclic group; r is an integer of from 0 to 3; and X1 to X4, m, p, and q are as defined in Formula (I), with the proviso that B1 and B2 are not hydrogen simultaneously. The use of such compounds in OLEDs is also claimed.

Abstract: Colored metalorganic fluids for electrowetting, electrofluidic, and electrophoretic devices are disclosed. The colored fluid can include a polar or nonpolar solvent including silicon and/or germanium and a modified, oligomeric, or polymeric dye. The dye includes a chromophore attached to a low molecular weight group with molecular weight 10 to 800 or an oligomeric or polymeric chain, which includes silicon and/or germanium. The dye has a molecular weight from 100 to 100,000, solubility in the solvent of at least 5% wt at 25° C., and a dynamic viscosity from 0.5 cPs to 2,000 cPs at 25° C. If the solvent is polar, the fluid has a conductivity from about 0.01 pS/cm to 3000 pS/cm, a surface tension of 15 dynes/cm to 90 dynes/cm at 25° C., and a total content of monatomic ions with radii smaller than 2.0 A and polyatomic ions with radii smaller than 1.45 A less than 500 ppm.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and articles using a range of compounds, polymeric compounds, and compositions used to prepare semiconductor and optoelectronic materials and devices including thin film and band gap materials for photovoltaic applications including devices and systems for energy conversion and solar cells. In particular, this invention relates to polymeric precursor compounds and precursor materials for preparing photovoltaic layers. A compound may contain repeating units {MA(ER)(ER)} and {MB(ER)(ER)}, wherein each MA is Cu, each MB is In or Ga, each E is S, Se, or Te, and each R is independently selected, for each occurrence, from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, amido, silyl, and inorganic and organic ligands.

Abstract: The invention relates to specific 1,3-dioxan-5-one compounds, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof as dyes or as fluorescent emitters for organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) or for organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs), and to corresponding electronic devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic coating containing a mixture of organic N-type (acceptor) and P-type (donor) semiconductor compounds, which makes it possible, when selecting the donor/acceptor pair, to modulate the semiconductor properties of the photovoltaic coating so as to enable the use thereof within a photovoltaic device, wherein one of the organic semiconductors includes a quinone core.

Abstract: A palladium precursor composition contains a palladium salt and an organoamine. The composition permits the use of solution processing methods to form palladium layers.

Abstract: A non-catalytic palladium precursor composition is disclosed, including a palladium salt and an organoamine, wherein the composition is substantially free of water. The composition permits the use of solution processing methods to form a palladium layer on a wide variety of substrates, including in a pattern to form circuitry or pathways for electronic devices.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure In Formula I: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are the same or different and are H, D, or aryl groups. At least two of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are aryl and none of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 includes an indolocarbazole moiety.

Abstract: A composition comprising group 2 imidazolate compounds which are coordinated to suitable neutral donor ligand molecules to provide group 2 metal complexes that are highly soluble in hydrocarbon solvents. In one embodiment, the composition is used for the direct liquid injection delivery of the group 2 precursor to the chamber of an ALD or CVD chamber for the deposition of group 2 containing thin films such as, for example, STO and BST films.

Abstract: This invention provides a transition metal complex of formula MXY2Z and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein M is selected from iron, ruthenium, and osmium; X represents a ligand shown in formula (II) wherein R1 and R1? are independently selected from COOH, PO3H2, PO4H2, SO3H2, SO4H2, and derivatives thereof; Y is selected from H2O, Cl, Br, CN, NCO, NCS, and NCSe; Z represents a bidentate ligand having at least two fluorinated chains. In addition, this invention also provides photovoltaic cells and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A photosensitive electromagnetic-wave interception ink composition containing a photosensitive metal complex, electrically conductive particles, soft magnetic particles and a solvent is used for forming a coated film on a surface of a particular circuit element mounted on a circuit board by an ink-jet method, and the film is irradiated with light, whereby an electrically conductive cured material 100 containing at least electrically conductive particles 120 originated from the photosensitive electromagnetic-wave interception ink composition and the soft particles 140 is formed.

Abstract: Metal complexes adapted to form metallic conductive films upon deposition and treatment. The complexes can have a high concentration of metal and can be soluble in polar protic solvent including ethanol and water. The metal complex can be a covalent complex and can comprise a first and second ligand. Low temperature treatment can be used to convert the complex to a metal. The metallic conductive film can have low resistivity and work function close to pure metal. Coinage metals can be used (e.g., Ag). The ligands can be dative bonding ligands including amines and carboxylate ligands. The ligands can be adapted to volatilize well. High yields of metal can be achieve with high conductivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising a) a polymer which contains at least one L=X structural unit, b) a triplet emitter compound and c) a carbazole compound or a soluble neutral molecule. The invention furthermore relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain the mixture according to the invention.

Abstract: A task of the present invention is to solve the problem in that the conductive undercoating agent composition for coating a current collector has so poor electrochemical durability that the conductive undercoating agent composition is peeled off the current collector after a long-term reliability test. A conductive undercoating agent composition for a current collector for a battery or electrical double layer capacitor, which comprises a polymer having a substituent capable of bonding to an active hydrogen group, inorganic particles having an active hydrogen group, and a conductive agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally curable adhesives that are suitable for use as electrically conductive materials in the fabrication of electronic devices, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, passive components, solar cells, solar modules, and/or light emitting diodes. The thermally curable adhesives comprise at least one thermosetting resin, electrically conductive particles having an average particle size of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, and at least one metal precursor, wherein the metal precursor decomposes substantially to the corresponding metal during the thermal curing of the thermally curable adhesive.

Abstract: This invention relates to a range of compounds, polymeric compounds, and compositions used to prepare semiconductor and optoelectronic materials and devices including thin film and band gap materials for photovoltaic applications including devices and systems for energy conversion and solar cells. In particular, this invention relates to polymeric precursor compounds and precursor materials for preparing photovoltaic layers. A compound may contain repeating units {MA(ER)(ER)} and {MB(ER)(ER)}, wherein each MA is Cu, each MB is In or Ga, each E is S, Se, or Te, and each R is independently selected, for each occurrence, from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, amido, silyl, and inorganic and organic ligands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend comprising; a) at least one polymer or copolymer or a mixture of a plurality of polymers and/or copolymers which contain a main chain and a side chain, where at least one side chain contains a structural unit of the following formula (I), the symbols and indices used here are as defined below; b) at least one host molecule which has electron- or hole-transporting functionality, and c) at least one emitter molecule.

Abstract: PVDF-g-PAN has been synthesized by grafting polyacrylonitrile onto polyvinylidene fluoride using an ATRP/AGET method. The novel polymer is ionically conducive and has much more flexibility than PVDF alone, making it especially useful either as a binder in battery cell electrodes or as a polymer electrolyte in a battery cell.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition using a polymer compound, which is useful for manufacturing a blue phosphorescent light-emitting device excellent in luminous efficiency. The present invention provides a composition including: a polymer compound substantially consisting of a constitutional unit selected from a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-1 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-2 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (2)-1 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (2)-2 below, and a constitutional unit derived from a phosphorescent light-emitting compound having a light-emitting spectrum peak at smaller than 480 nm and the polymer compound containing at least both of the constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-1 and the constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-2; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound having a light-emitting spectrum peak at smaller than 480 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inherently electrostatic dissipative polymers, such as thermoplastic urethanes (TPU), and compositions thereof. The present invention provides a composition comprising: (a) an inherently dissipative polymer and (b) a halogen-free metal salt of an amidoalkanesulfonic acid, a hydrocarbyl-substituted benzenesulfonic acid, or a mixture thereof, or a polymer derived therefrom. The invention also provides a shaped polymeric article comprising the inherently dissipative polymer compositions described herein. The invention also provides a process of making the inherently dissipative polymer compositions described herein. The process includes the step of mixing a halogen-free metal-containing salt into an inherently dissipative polymer.

Abstract: Hybrid particles that comprise a coating surrounding a chalcopyrite material, the coating comprising a metal, a semiconductive material, or a polymer; a core comprising a chalcopyrite material and a shell comprising a functionalized chalcopyrite material, the shell enveloping the core; or a reaction product of a chalcopyrite material and at least one of a reagent, heat, and radiation. Methods of forming the hybrid particles are also disclosed.

Abstract: A developer carrying member is provided the surface layer of which can make a developer stable by controlling its triboelectric charging strongly and which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a developer made highly spherical-particle or a small-particle developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary ammonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an —NH2 group, an ?NH group and an —NH— linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which contain at least one structural unit which includes at least one phosphorescent emitter unit, to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to mixtures (also called blends), solutions and formulations which comprise these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electronic devices, in particular in organic electro-luminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diodes), and to electronic devices containing these polymers. The polymers according to the invention exhibit improved efficiency and a longer lifetime, in particular on use in OLEDs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an device having high light-emitting efficiency. A metal complex represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), n represents an integer of 1 to 3. LA and LB each independently represent the moiety of a group bonded to an iridium atom, except for coordinating atoms. When n is 3, a metal complex represented by the following formula (1-3): wherein Me represents a methyl group) is excluded.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition containing an organoaluminum complex (A), a silane coupling agent (B), and a curable component (C).

Abstract: There is provided with a silver ink composition which is formed by blending one or more kinds of silver ?-ketocarboxylates selected from the group consisting of silver isobutyrylacetate, silver benzoylacetate, silver propionylacetate, silver acetoacetate, silver ?-methylacetoacetate, and silver ?-ethylacetoacetate, and an aliphatic primary or secondary amine having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a substrate with a surface on which a metallic silver layer which is formed by heating the silver ink composition is provided. According to the invention, it is possible to obtain a silver ink composition suitable for forming a metallic silver layer which has superior glossiness and specularity, and a substrate with a surface on which a metallic silver layer is formed using the silver ink composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a precursor composition for forming a conductive oxide film having high conductivity and a stable amorphous structure maintained even after heated at high temperature by a simple liquid phase process. The precursor composition of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylates, nitrates and sulfates of lanthanoids (but, except for cerium); at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylates, nitrosyl carboxylates, nitrosyl nitrates and nitrosyl sulfates of ruthenium, iridium or rhodium; and a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, alcohols and ketones.