Abstract: A method for depositing a conductive coating on a surface is provided, the method including treating the surface by depositing fullerene on the surface to produce a treated surface and depositing the conductive coating on the treated surface. The conductive coating generally includes magnesium. A product and an organic optoelectronic device produced according to the method are also provided.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device having a plurality of layers, comprising a nucleation-inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a first layer surface in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof. In the first portion, the device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and a semiconducting layer between them. The second electrode lies between the NIC and the semiconducting layer in the first portion. In the second portion, a conductive coating is disposed on a second layer surface. The first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating. The conductive coating is electrically coupled to the second electrode and to a third electrode in a sheltered region of a partition in the device.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: (1) a substrate including a first region and a second region; and (2) a conductive coating covering the second region of the substrate. The first region of the substrate is exposed from the conductive coating, and an edge the conductive coating adjacent to the first region of the substrate has a contact angle that is greater than about 20 degrees.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device having a plurality of layers, comprising a first capping layer (CPL) comprising a first CPL material and disposed in a first emissive region configured to emit photons having a first wavelength spectrum that is characterized by a first onset wavelength; and a second CPL comprising a second CPL material and disposed in a second emissive region configured to emit photons having a second wavelength spectrum that is characterized by a second onset wavelength; wherein at least one of the first CPL and the first CPL material (CPL(m)1) exhibits a first absorption edge at a first absorption edge wavelength that is shorter than the first onset wavelength; and at least one of the second CPL and the second CPL material (CPL(m)2) exhibits a second absorption edge at a second absorption edge wavelength that is shorter than the second onset wavelength.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: (i) a substrate having a surface; (ii) a first electrode disposed over the surface; (iii) a semiconducting layer disposed over at least a portion of the first electrode; (iv) a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer; (v) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed over at least a portion of the second electrode; (vi) a patterning structure disposed over the surface, the patterning structure providing a shadowed region between the patterning structure and the second electrode; (vii) an auxiliary electrode disposed over the surface; and (viii) a conductive coating disposed in the shadowed region, the conductive coating electrically connecting the auxiliary electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A method for depositing a conductive coating on a surface is provided, the method including treating the surface by depositing fullerene on the surface to produce a treated surface and depositing the conductive coating on the treated surface. The conductive coating generally includes magnesium. A product and an organic optoelectronic device produced according to the method are also provided.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device comprises light transmissive regions extending through it along a first axis to allow passage of light therethrough. The transmissive regions may be arranged along a plurality of transverse configuration axes. Emissive regions may lie between adjacent transmissive regions along a plurality of configuration axes to emit light from the device. Each transmissive region has a lateral closed boundary having a shape to alter at least one characteristic of a diffraction pattern exhibited when light is transmitted through the device to mitigate interference by such pattern. An opaque coating may comprise at least one aperture defining a corresponding transmissive region to preclude transmission of light therethrough other than through the transmissive region(s). The device can form a face of a user device having a body and housing a transceiver positioned to receive light along at least one light transmissive region.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: (i) a substrate having a surface; (ii) a first electrode disposed over the surface; (iii) a semiconducting layer disposed over at least a portion of the first electrode; (iv) a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer; (v) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed over at least a portion of the second electrode; (vi) a patterning structure disposed over the surface, the patterning structure providing a shadowed region between the patterning structure and the second electrode; (vii) an auxiliary electrode disposed over the surface; and (viii) a conductive coating disposed in the shadowed region, the conductive coating electrically connecting the auxiliary electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device comprises first and second electrodes and a semiconducting layer therebetween. The second electrode comprises ytterbium and magnesium. The second electrode may comprise a fullerene. The second electrode may comprise a lower section comprising ytterbium and/or fullerene and an upper section comprising a ytterbium-containing magnesium alloy. The lower section may comprise an interface section in physical contact with the semiconducting layer. The interface section may comprise ytterbium fulleride. In some examples, an interface coating comprising ytterbium extends across a pixel region and a transmissive region. A nucleation inhibiting coating (NIC) is disposed over the interface coating in the transmissive region. A conductive coating is disposed over the interface coating in the pixel region. The NIC surface in the transmissive region is substantially devoid of a closed coating film of the conductive coating. The interface coating may comprise fullerene.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device having a plurality of layers, comprising a nucleation-inhibiting coating (MC) disposed on a first layer surface in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof. In the first portion, the device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and a semiconducting layer between them. The second electrode lies between the NIC and the semiconducting layer in the first portion. In the second portion, a conductive coating is disposed on a second layer surface. The first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating. The conductive coating is electrically coupled to the second electrode and to a third electrode in a sheltered region of a partition in the device.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device comprises light transmissive regions extending through it along a first axis to allow passage of light therethrough. The transmissive regions may be arranged along a plurality of transverse configuration axes. Emissive regions may lie between adjacent transmissive regions along a plurality of configuration axes to emit light from the device. Each transmissive region has a lateral closed boundary having a shape to alter at least one characteristic of a diffraction pattern exhibited when light is transmitted through the device to mitigate interference by such pattern. An opaque coating may comprise at least one aperture defining a corresponding transmissive region to preclude transmission of light therethrough other than through the transmissive region(s). The device can form a face of a user device having a body and housing a transceiver positioned to receive light along at least one light transmissive region.

Abstract: A method of solving a problem can include providing a fermionic Hamiltonian, transformation of the fermionic Hamiltonian to qubit operators, transformation of the fermionic Hamiltonian in qubit operators to a mean-field Hamiltonian, and embedding the Hamiltonian onto a quantum computer. Such systems and methods may improve upon existing methods for solving electronic structure problems on a computer by adapting the problem to available hardware, reducing computational cost, and reducing the number of required qubits to solve electronic structure problems for larger number of atoms.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes a nucleating inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a first layer surface of the device in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof; and a conductive coating disposed on a second layer surface of the device in a second portion of the lateral aspect thereof; wherein an initial sticking probability for forming the conductive coating onto a surface of the NIC in the first portion, is substantially less than the initial sticking probability for forming the conductive coating onto the surface in the second portion, such that the surface of the NIC in the first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes a nucleation-inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a surface of the device in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof; and a conductive coating disposed on a surface of the device in a second portion of the lateral aspect thereof; wherein an initial sticking probability of the conductive coating is substantially less for the NIC than for the surface in the first portion, such that the first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.

Abstract: A method of solving a problem can include providing a fermionic Hamiltonian, transformation of the fermionic Hamiltonian to qubit operators, transformation of the fermionic Hamiltonian in qubit operators to a mean-field Hamiltonian, and embedding the Hamiltonian onto a quantum computer. Such systems and methods may improve upon existing methods for solving electronic structure problems on a computer by adapting the problem to available hardware, reducing computational cost, and reducing the number of required qubits to solve electronic structure problems for larger number of atoms.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes: (1) a first region, a second region, and an intermediate region arranged between the first region and the second region; (2) a conductive coating disposed in the second region; and (3) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed in the first region, the nucleation inhibiting coating extending to cover at least a portion of the intermediate region, wherein a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the intermediate region is less than a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region, and wherein a surface of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region is substantially free of the conductive coating.

Abstract: A method for depositing a conductive coating on a surface is provided, the method including treating the surface by depositing fullerene on the surface to produce a treated surface and depositing the conductive coating on the treated surface. The conductive coating generally includes magnesium. A product and an organic optoelectronic device produced according to the method are also provided.