Abstract: A polyaniline composite including substituted or unsubstituted polyaniline molecules and a proton donar, the polyaniline molecules being doped with the proton donar, the composite having a chlorine content of 0.6 wt % or less and the composite satisfying the following formula (1): P10000/PALL?0.15??(1) wherein P10000 is the total sum of the weights of the polyaniline molecules contained in the polyaniline composite having a molecular weight of 10000 or less; and PALL is the total sum of the weights of all polyaniline molecules contained in the polyaniline composite.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting material for organic electroluminescent (EL) devices which is composed of an asymmetric anthracene derivative of a specific structure. Also disclosed are a material for organic EL devices and an organic EL device wherein an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers including at least a light-emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode. At least one layer composed of the organic thin film layer contains the material for organic EL devices by itself or as a component of a mixture. Consequently, the organic EL device has a high efficiency and a long life. Also disclosed are a light-emitting material for organic EL devices and material for organic devices which enable to realize such an organic EL device.

Abstract: A biscarbazole derivative represented by formula (1): wherein A1, A2, L1, L2, R1 to R4, and a to d are as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for forming organic EL devices and the organic EL devices including the derivative is capable of driving at a low voltage and has a long lifetime.

Abstract: Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.

Abstract: A fused aromatic derivative shown by the following formula (1): wherein Ra and Rb are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, p is an integer of 1 to 8 and q is an integer of 1 to 11, and when p and q are two or more, Ras and Rbs may be independently the same or different, and adjacent substituents Ras may form a ring, L1 is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent linking group, and Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, provided that when L1 is a single bond and at least one of Ras is not a hydrogen atom, Ar1 is not a triphenylenyl group, and provided that substituents of L1 and Ar1, and Ra and Rb contain no amino group.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and at least one layer comprising a phosphorescent light emitting material and a host material which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and further comprising an electron injecting layer which is adhered to the light emitting layer and is capable of transporting electrons, wherein an ionization potential of the host material is 5.9 eV or smaller, and wherein an energy gap of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer or wherein a triplet energy of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer. It emits phosphorescent light with enhanced efficiency because it comprises a light emitting layer and an electron injecting layer both satisfying specified condition and employs a light emitting layer capable of electron transporting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sputtering target that can suppress the occurrence of anomalous discharge in the formation of an oxide semiconductor film by sputtering method and can continuously and stably form a film. Also disclosed is an oxide for a sputtering target that has a rare earth oxide C-type crystal structure and has a surface free from white spots (a poor appearance such as concaves and convexes formed on the surface of the sputtering target). Further disclosed is an oxide sintered compact that has a bixbyite structure and contains indium oxide, gallium oxide, and zinc oxide. The composition amounts (atomic %) of indium (In), gallium (Ga), and zinc (Zn) fall within a composition range satisfying the following formula: In/(In+Ga+Zn)<0.75.

Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescence device represented by the following formula (I): wherein X1 to X8 are a nitrogen atom, CH, CHal or CRa; Az is a nitrogen-containing six-membered ring or a fused polycyclic group including a nitrogen-containing six-membered ring; W is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms which is substituted by at least one cyano group or a heterocyclic group having 5 to 30 ring atoms which is substituted by at least one cyano group.

Abstract: A sputtering target containing oxides of indium (In), gallium (Ga) and zinc (Zn), which includes a compound shown by ZnGa2O4 and a compound shown by InGaZnO4.

Abstract: An indenofluorenedione derivative having a specific structure, which is useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices because the derivative is excellent in heat resistance and can be vapor-deposited on a substrate at moderate temperature. An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin layer between the anode and the cathode, which contains the material for organic electroluminescence devices in the organic thin layer, is driven at a low driving voltage and has a long lifetime.

Abstract: An organic EL device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode, an organic compound layer having an emitting layer, a light-transmissive substrate, a first luminous intensity distribution converter, and a second luminous intensity distribution converter. The first luminous intensity distribution converter has a first convexo-concave structure and converts a luminous intensity distribution for a light flex of an angular component larger than a total reflection angle to account for 20% or more of a total light flux of a radiation light emitted from the emitting layer in the light-transmissive substrate, the total reflection angle being defined by a refractive index of a material forming the light-transmissive substrate and a refractive index of a material forming the first luminous intensity distribution converter.

Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.

Abstract: A tandem-type organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode opposed to the anode, and at least a first emitting unit and a second emitting unit. An intermediate unit is provided between the first emitting unit and the second emitting unit. The intermediate unit includes an inorganic-compound-containing layer and a metal layer which are laminated in this sequence from the anode. The inorganic-compound-containing layer includes calcium halide.

Abstract: An organic EL device includes an anode, an emitting layer, an electron transporting zone and a cathode in this sequence, in which the electron transporting zone contains an aromatic heterocyclic derivative represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), X1 to X3 are a nitrogen atom or CR1, and A is represented by a formula (2) below. In the formula (2), L1 is s single bond or a linking group, and HAr is represented by a formula (3) below. In the formula (3), Y1 is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like, and one of X11 to X18 is a carbon atom bonded to L1 by a single bond and the rest of X11 to X18 are a nitrogen atom or CR13.

Abstract: A bottom-contact type organic thin film transistor comprising at least a gate electrode, an insulator layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an organic semiconductor layer, on a substrate, wherein at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode has a multilayer structure formed by stacking an oxide layer and a metal layer, and the metal layer is surface-modified with an organic thin film layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure including a substituted diphenylamino group attached to a naphthalene structure. This aromatic amine derivative can realize an organic electroluminescent element having high emission luminance and luminous efficiency and having a prolonged lifetime. The organic electroluminescent element includes an organic thin film layer provided between a cathode and an anode. The organic thin film layer has a single layer or multilayer structure including at least a light emitting layer. At least one layer in the organic thin film layer contains the aromatic amine derivative either solely or as a component of a mixture.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device that not only provides high efficiency but also has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device. The organic electroluminescence device includes an aromatic amine derivative, including at least one substituent A having dibenzofuran and at least one substituent B selected from groups each having dibenzofuran or carbazole, in a molecule thereof, in which the substituent A and the substituent B include groups different from each other, and the substituent A and the substituent B are bonded to the same nitrogen atom, or different nitrogen atoms, in the molecule. The molecules of the aromatic amine derivative hardly crystallize, which improves a yield in the production of the organic electroluminescence device.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polycarbonate copolymer having a structure formed of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (100): in which a molar copolymer composition represented by Ar1/(Ar1+Ar2) is in a range of 50 mol % to 67 mol %, a reduced viscosity [?sp/C] is in a range of 0.60 dl/g to 4.0 dl/g, and a ratio of a hydroxyl group in all ends is 20 mol % or less.

Abstract: To provide a gear oil composition containing a base oil, and compounded therein, (A) an ashless dithiocarbamate compound and (B) an ester of pentaerythritol and a C12 to C20 branched fatty acid, the ester having a hydroxyl value of 20 to 100 mg KOH/g. The gear oil composition has a high transmission efficiency and shows both of resistance to sludge formation and extreme pressure property.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.