Abstract: An organic solid-state dye laser (1) is disclosed comprising a substrate (2) and a resonator structure made of a thin film of organic semiconductor (3) formed on the substrate (2) wherein the thin film of organic semiconductor (3) is composed of an organic semiconductor material which is high in emission quantum yield and substantially devoid of excitation absorption at an excitation level and includes one of a bis-styryl derivative or a triphenylamine derivative whereby its amplified spontaneous emission under excitation light irradiation is continuously obtained. The thin film of organic semiconductor (2) may be of a material having BSB-Cz or TPD added to a host molecule of CBP and capable of amplified spontaneous emission at a threshold value as low as 3 mW.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor device includes organic semiconductor layers (3, 4) and an electron injecting electrode (5) which is composed of MgAu alloy and injects electrons into the organic semiconductor layers (3, 4). The MgAu alloy forming the electron injecting electrode (5) may contain not more than 85 atom % of Au. The organic semiconductor device may further include a hole injecting electrode (2) for injecting holes into the organic semiconductor layers (3, 4). The electron injecting electrode and the hole injecting electrode are arranged apart from each other in such a manner that they fit to each other. The organic semiconductor device may further include a gate electrode which is arranged opposite, via an insulating film, to the region between the electron injecting electrode and the hole injecting electrode.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including: an anode 10 and a cathode 20; two or more organic layers 30, 40 and 50 including an emitting layer 40 between the anode 10 and the cathode 20, the organic layers 30, 40 and 50 including, between the anode 10 and the emitting layer 40, a hole-injecting layer or a hole-transporting layer 30 which contains a thiophene derivative having a molecular weight of 1,200 or less; and an interfacial barrier reduction layer 60 being between two adjacent organic layers 30 and 40 selected from the organic layers 30, 40 and 50, the interfacial barrier reduction layer 60 containing a mixture of at least one material contained in one of the two adjacent organic layers 30 and 40 and at least one material contained in the other of the two adjacent organic layers 30 and 40 at a molar ratio of 1:1 to 1:4.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor device in which recombination of holes and electrons and photoelectric conversion in an organic semiconductor layer are efficiently allowed to occur.

Abstract: To provide an organic solar cell in which a light is preferably introduced from a side opposite to a substrate and the light thus introduced can be efficiently used. The organic solar cell including a substrate; a first electrode; an organic solid layer; and a second electrode, laminated in this order, wherein the second electrode is made from an alloy containing magnesium and has a thickness of 1 to 20 nm.

Abstract: The object is to provide a light-emitting transistor material which is high in both luminescent property and mobility when used as a light-emitting transistor device. A light-emitting transistor device is provided in which light emission of a specific pyrene-based organic compound is used for a light-emitting layer of a transistor device.

Abstract: Emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are described that produce improved electroluminescence, particularly in the blue region of the visible spectrum. Organic light emitting devices employing such emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are also described. Also described is an organic light emitting layer including a host material having a lowest triplet excited state having a decay rate of less than about 1 per second; a guest material dispersed in the host material, the guest material having a lowest triplet excited state having a radiative decay rate of greater than about 1×105 or about 1×106 per second and wherein the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the host material is lower than the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the guest material.

Abstract: An organic EL device including a substrate, a positive electrode layer, a first organic layer containing a first organic light-emitting material, a negative electrode layer made of metal, and a second organic layer containing a second organic light-emitting material capable of emitting light by absorbing at least a part of light emitted from the first organic light-emitting material, in this order is provided. The negative electrode layer preferably includes a layer made of Ag.

Abstract: There is provided an organic electroluminescence device including of a substrate, an anode layer, an organic layer including at least one organic material and a cathode layer. A primary light outgoing direction of the device is parallel to a surface of the substrate. Any one of cutoff wavelengths in a transverse electric mode of an optical waveguide having a core layer partially formed of the organic layer is within a wavelength range of a full width at half maximum of a fluorescence spectrum of any one of the organic materials included in the organic layer.

Abstract: The device according to the invention is a device having organic thin films containing a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode that emits light by application of electric energy, characterized in that the light-emitting device contains at least a compound having the basic skeleton represented by the following General Formula (1) or (2). Use of the condensed polycyclic compound according to the invention allows production of high-brightness, high-efficiency light-emitting device superior in color purity.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a host compound in an emission layer, which has a high excited triplet level and completely confines triplet excitons of an phosphorescence-emitting substance. The invention relates to a compound containing an m-carbazolylphenyl group, which is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein A represents a nitrogen atom, an amino group to which a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group is bonded, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; n represents an integer of 2 to 4; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and represent each an arbitrary substituent; and m and o represent each an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor device with a vertical structure having both functions of an organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element, where the electrical characteristics as both the organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element can be controlled in the case of forming a gate electrode with an organic conductive film, and a manufacturing method thereof. The above organic semiconductor device has such a structure that organic semiconductor films are sandwiched between a pair of electrodes functioning as a source electrode and drain electrode of an organic thin film transistor and also functioning as an anode and cathode of a light-emitting element, a thin organic conductive film functioning as a gate electrode is sandwiched between the organic semiconductor films, and a part of the organic conductive film is electrically connected to an auxiliary electrode, thereby the electrical characteristics as both the organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element can be controlled.

Abstract: Emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are described that produce improved electroluminescence, particularly in the blue region of the visible spectrum. Organic light emitting devices employing such emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are also described. Also described is an organic light emitting layer including a host material having a lowest triplet excited state having a decay rate of less than about 1 per second; a guest material dispersed in the host material, the guest material having a lowest triplet excited state having a radiative decay rate of greater than about 1×105 or about 1×106 per second and wherein the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the host material is lower than the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the guest material.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor device with a vertical structure having both functions of an organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element, where the electrical characteristics as both the organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element can be controlled in the case of forming a gate electrode with an organic conductive film, and a manufacturing method thereof. The above organic semiconductor device has such a structure that organic semiconductor films are sandwiched between a pair of electrodes functioning as a source electrode and drain electrode of an organic thin film transistor and also functioning as an anode and cathode of a light-emitting element, a thin organic conductive film functioning as a gate electrode is sandwiched between the organic semiconductor films, and a part of the organic conductive film is electrically connected to an auxiliary electrode, thereby the electrical characteristics as both the organic thin film transistor and light-emitting element can be controlled.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor 1, a first electrode 2, an insulating layer 3 interposed between the semiconductor 1 and the first electrode 2, the second electrode 4 which is in contact with the semiconductor 1 and is detached from the first electrode 2, and the third electrode 5 which is in contact with the semiconductor 1 and is detached from the first electrode 2 and the second electrode 4, wherein the semiconductor 1 is provided with the organic semiconductor layer 10 and the oxide semiconductor layer 11.

Abstract: Emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are described that produce improved electroluminescence, particularly in the blue region of the visible spectrum. Organic light emitting devices employing such emissive phosphorescent organometallic compounds are also described. Also described is an organic light emitting layer including a host material having a lowest triplet excited state having a decay rate of less than about 1 per second; a guest material dispersed in the host material, the guest material having a lowest triplet excited state having a radiative decay rate of greater than about 1×105 or about 1×106 per second and wherein the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the host material is lower than the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the guest material.

Abstract: 4-Cyanocoumarin derivatives which have a distinct sensitivity to visible light, distinct luminescent ability, and satisfactory applicability for photochemical polymerization, dye lasers, and organic electroluminescent elements. Since most of the derivatives have a fluorescent maximum wavelength of 600 to 650 nm, particularly, 610 to 630 nm, they are extremely useful as luminescent agents for organic EL elements which emit visible light in a red-color region, and can be quite useful as luminescent agents in organic EL elements and laser-active substances in dye lasers, as well as luminous bodies as lighting sources for lighting devices, and information displays for visually displaying information.

Abstract: An object is to provide a pyrene based compound that is good in both properties of light emission and mobility when the compound is used as a light emitting transistor element; and a light emitting transistor element wherein this specific pyrene based compound is used. A pyrene based compound represented by the following chemical formula (1) is used as a main component of a light emitting layer in a light emitting transistor element: (wherein R1 represents a group selected from a heteroaryl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent except a phenyl group which does not have any substituent, an alkyl group which may have a substituent and has a main chain having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group which may have a substituent, an alkynyl group which may have a substituent, a silyl group which may have a substituent, and a halogen atom.

Abstract: A luminescent device including a plurality of layers including a layer containing a luminescent substance between a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one layer of the plurality of layers containing a thiophene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a substance exhibiting electron acceptability for the thiophene derivative.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL device comprising an electroluminescent layer having a single layer or a multilayered structure of two or more layers, the electroluminescent layer containing a pyridine derivative represented by the formula (1): wherein Ar1 represents an aryl group, m represents an integer of 1 to 5, ? represents a group represented by the formula (1a): (wherein Ar2 represents an aryl group, and p represents an integer of 1 to 5), or the formula (1b): (wherein Ar3 represents an aryl group, and q represents an integer of 1 to 5), and n represents an integer of 0 to 2. The organic EL device is excellent in luminescent efficiency, luminance and durability, and emits blue light with improved luminescent efficiency and luminance, which are the same as those of other colors, and is also is excellent in durability.