Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a constituent unit represented by the following formula (1a): wherein ring A and ring B represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring. R1 is a group represented by the following formula (2). R2 represents an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group. wherein Ar1 represents an arylene group or a divalent group comprising two or more directly bonded arylene groups; Ar4 and Ar5 represent an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; Ar2 and Ar3 represent an arylene group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by formula (1-0): wherein in formula (1-0), ring A01 and ring A02 are the same or different and each represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring that is optionally substituted; and X10 and X20 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of X10 and X20 is a group represented by formula (2-0): wherein in formula (2-0), Z10, Z20 and Z30 are the same or different and each represents —N? or —CH?, provided that at least two of Z10, Z20 and Z30 are —N?; L0 represents an arylene group or a single bond; and Ar10 and Ar20 are the same or different and each represents an aryl group, provided that the total carbon number of the groups represented by Ar10, Ar20 and L0 is 24 or more.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): [wherein X1 and X2 are the same or mutually different and represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, —N(RN)— or C(Rc1)?C(Rc2)—, R1, R2, R3, R4, RN, Rc1 and Rc2 are the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group, an arylalkylthio group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, a mono-valent heterocyclic group, a heterocyclic thio group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, a silyl group, a substituted silyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an imine residue, an amide group, an acid imide group, a carboxyl group, a substituted carboxyl group, a cyano group or a nitro group, and Ar1 represents a di-valent heterocyclic group.].

Abstract: A copolymer having a block (A?) composed of a repeating unit represented by the formula (I-1), and/or a block (A) containing a repeating unit represented by the formula (I-1) and a repeating unit represented by the formula (II). (wherein X1, X2 and X3 may be the same or mutually different and represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or C(R7)?C(R8)—, and R1, R2, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 may be the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group, an arylalkylthio group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, a mono-valent heterocyclic group, a heterocyclic thio group, an amino group, a silyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an imine residue, an amide group, an acid imide group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group or a nitro group, and m and n may be the same or mutually different and represent 2 or 3.

Abstract: A composition comprising a phosphorescent compound, and a compound having a structure containing three or more repeating units having a dipole moment dimension of 1.0 Debye or more connected in series, wherein, based on the total number of dimer structures composed of any two repeating units connected in series contained in the above-described structure, the proportion of the number of dimer structures in which the dimension D2 of the dipole moment of the dimer structure, the dimension D1a of the dipole moment of the first repeating unit constituting the dimer structure and the dimension D1b of the dipole moment of the second repeating unit constituting the dimer structure satisfy a relation represented by the following formula (A): D1a<D2 and D1b<D2??(A) is 50% or more.

Abstract: A polymeric compound containing a residue of a metal complex represented by formula (1) [wherein M represents a metal atom selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 2; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that at least two member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represent a nitrogen atom, and when any one member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represents a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom bound to the carbon atom may be substituted by a substituent; a moiety represented by formula (2) represents a bidentate monoanionic ligand; and Rx and Ry are atoms bound to the metal atom M and independently represent a carbon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom] and a bivalent group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a compound having a saturated heterocyclic structure, in which the number of ring-constituting members containing a nitrogen atom is 5 or more, and a phosphorescent compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a metal complex and an organic compound, wherein the difference between the absolute value of the energy level of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of said metal complex and the absolute value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of said organic compound, as calculated with a computational technique, is less than 0.40 eV.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a compound having residues of at least two nitrogenated polycyclic compounds selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated polycyclic compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another] and a phosphorescence-emitting compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising: a compound having a residue of at least one nitrogenated compound selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another] and a residue of at least one nitrogenated polycyclic compound selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated polycyclic compounds represented by formulae (2-1), (2-2), (2-3) and (2-4) [wherein R's are as defined above]; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising: a compound having residues of at least two kinds of nitrogenated compounds selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another]; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound.

Abstract: A composition comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Ar represents an aryl group or a mono-valent heterocyclic group.) or a compound having a residue of a compound represented by the above-described formula (1), and a compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein one member of Z1 to Z3 represents —N? and two remainders thereof each represent —C(R?)?; Z4 and Z5 each represent —C(R?)?; one member of Z6 to Z8 represents —N? and two remainders thereof each represent —C(R?)?; Z9 and Z10 each represent —C(R?)?; R? represents a substituent such as a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group and the like. or a compound having a residue of a compound represented by the above-described formula (2).

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): [wherein X1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or N(RN)—, R1 to R4 and RN represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group, an arylalkylthio group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, a mono-valent heterocyclic group or the like.].

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, a first layer disposed on the anode, a second layer containing a light emitting material, and a cathode, wherein the first layer is a layer formed on the anode by forming a non-treated layer containing a compound having a group reactive to a group present on the surface of the anode and subjecting the non-treated layer to a UV/ozone treatment, and the first layer has an average thickness of 10 nm or less.

Abstract: A pulsed-driven device, such as a display, comprises an organic light-emitting composition comprising a host material and a blended or bound phosphorescent emitter. The phosphorescent emitter is present in the host material at a concentration of greater than 10 wt. %, and the host material has a higher triplet energy level than the phosphorescent emitter. The concentration at which the phosphorescent emitter is at peak efficiency in the host material is greater than 10 wt. %, and the composition does not include a fluorescent emitter, so that emission from the composition in use is substantially all phosphorescence.

Abstract: Disclased is a polymeric compound having a constitutional unit represented by formula (1a), wherein ring A and ring B independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring which may have a substituent; R1 represents a group represented by formula (2); and R2 represents an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group which may be substituted by an alkyl group or the like. In formula (2), Ar1 to Ar3 independently represent an arylene group or a divalent group to which two or more arylene groups are attached via a single bond; Ar4 to Ar7 independently represent an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; Ar1 to Ar7 and R6 may be substituted by an alkyl group or the like; and k and kk independently represent an integer of 0 to 3, provided that at least one of k and kk represents an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A compound comprises a structure represented by the following general formula (1) (including a structure of a residue obtained by removing at least one hydrogen atom from the structure represented by the following general formula (1)) (in the formula (1), a ring A, a ring B and a ring C each independently represent any one of a monocyclic aromatic ring and fused aromatic ring; R1 and R4 each independently represent a monovalent group; and R2, R3, R5 and R6 each independently represent any one of a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, arylalkyl group, alkenyl group, and alkynyl group).

Abstract: An opto-electrical device comprising: a first electrode for injecting charge carriers of a first polarity; a second electrode for injecting charge carriers of a second polarity; and a layer of organic material disposed between the first and second electrodes, the layer of organic material comprising a blend of a first charge transporting and/or light-emissive polymer and a second charge transporting and/or light-emissive polymer, wherein at least the first polymer is cross-linked providing a first cross-linked matrix in which the second polymer is disposed.

Abstract: High quantum yield luminescent monomers, oligomers, and polymers, comprising benzotriazole repeating units and derivatives thereof have been discovered and utilized in optical devices and components therefor, including electroluminescent devices, light emitting devices, photoluminescent devices, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), OLED displays, sensors, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a compound having an indole ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.