Abstract: A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, moiety A and moiety B either a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of X1 to X4, Z1, and Z2 is C or N; K1 is a direct bond, O, S, N(R?), P(R?), B(R?), C(R?)(R?), or Si(R?)(R?); L1 is a direct bond or a linking group; each R?, R?, RA and RB is hydrogen or a General Substituent; and LA is coordinated to a metal M. In addition, RA or RB alone or in combination with a substituent of L1 form a 7-membered ring. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, one of Z1, Z2, and Z3 is N and the remainder are C; each of L1 and L2 is independently selected from a direct bond and a linking group; at least one of R1, R2, RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE comprises a group R* having a structure selected form the group consisting of Formula II, -Q(R3)(R4)a(R5)b, Formula III, and Formula IV, Each R, R?, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG, and RH is independently hydrogen or a General Substituent, with the proviso that group R* is not adamantyl. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising a ligand LA of Formula I where the ligand LA is coordinated to Ir.

Abstract: A compound having a structure of the formula Ir(LA)(LB), in which LA is a bidentate, tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand and LB is a monodentate, bidentate, tridentate, or tetradentate ligand, or not present, and where the total denticity of LA plus LB is 6, and LA includes at least one structure of Formula I: is disclosed as a useful phosphorescent emitter compound.

Abstract: Provided are organic light emitting devices (OLED) comprising an anode; a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, the organic layer comprising a light-emitting dopant within a host material, the light-emitting dopant being an optically active Pt complex comprising a tetradentate ligand; wherein one enantiomer of the optically active Pt complex is present in an enantiomeric excess (ee) of at least 5%. Further provided are OLEDs comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, the organic layer the organic layer comprising a light-emitting chiral dopant within a chiral host material, the light-emitting chiral dopant being an optically active complex; wherein one enantiomer of the optically active complex of the chiral dopant is present in an ee of at least 5%, and wherein one enantiomer of the chiral host material is present in an ee of at least 5%.

Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a first ligand LA which may be a bidentate, tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand and which forms at least one 5-membered ring with a metal atom. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.

Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising a ligand LA of Formula I

Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a chelating tetradentate ligand with at least four cyclic structures located around a central Pt or Pd atom that can be used as light-emitters. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.

Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising ligands LA that are ligands of Pt and Ir complexes for OLED applications. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds comprising ligands LA that are ligands of Pt and Ir complexes for OLED applications. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these compounds comprising ligands LA that are ligands of Pt and Ir complexes for OLED applications.

Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, rings B and C are 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; Z is B, Al, or Ga; Y1 and Y2 are linking groups that can include R and R?; X1, X2, and X3 are C or N; each R, R?, RA, RB, and RC is hydrogen or a General Substituent; at least one of R, R?, RA, RB, and RC comprises L-SiAr1Ar2Ar3; wherein each is a single bond or a double bond; L is a direct bond or an organic linker; and each of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: An OLED structure including a first organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is disclosed. The first organic layer includes a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host, and where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the first organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?600 nm and ?750 nm, the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?750 nm, and the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter.

Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I wherein RA, RB, RC, RD, K3, ring A and ring B are each defined herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a metal coordination complex compound. The metal complex compound is capable of functioning as an emitter in an organic light emitting device (OLED) at room temperature, and has a vertical dipole ratio (VDR) greater than 0.33 in the OLED. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products including the same are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is an OLED structure includes an organic layer having a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host; where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer where the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The primary phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?600 nm and ?750 nm; the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?750 nm; the primary phosphorescent emitter is capable of transferring energy to the secondary emitter; the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter; the primary phosphorescent emitter has the formula Pt(L1)m; L1 can represent one or more ligands that are the same or different; each L1 is independently monodentate or multidentate; and m represents a maximum possible number of ligands L1 that can coordinate to Pt.

Abstract: Provided are organic compounds which comprise a pyrrole or imidazole ring which is fused to a 6-membered ring as well as to a further 5- or 6-membered ring, and wherein the pyrrole or imidazole nitrogen is further substituted with a 6-membered ring. Also provided are formulations comprising these organic compounds. Further provided are organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organic compounds.

Abstract: In one aspect, provided is a compound of Formula I, In Formula I, M is Pt or Pd; L has the structure F1 is or a direct bond; rings A, B, C, D, and F are independently monocyclic rings or multicyclic fused ring systems; each of X1 to X10 is independently C or N; each of Z1 to Z4 is C or N; each of L1 to L5 is a direct bond or an organic linker, each of a, b, c, and d is 0 or 1; each K1 to K4 is a direct bond, O, or S; each of Z1 to Z4 that is connected to O or S is C; and each RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, and RX is independently hydrogen or a substituent.

Abstract: A compound having a first ligand LA of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, Z is C or N; at least one of X1 to X5 is N, and the remainder are C; if X1 is N, then X5 is C; K is selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, O, S, N(R?), P(R?), B(R?), C(R?)(R?), and Si(R?)(R?); each R?, R?, RA and RB is a hydrogen or a General Substituent; LA is coordinated to a metal M; and Ring A coordinates to M through a metal carbene bond. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

Abstract: A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I is provided. In Formula I, each of moiety A and moiety B is a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of Z1 to Z4 is C or N; one of K1 or K2 is a direct bond, and the other is a direct bond or a linker; L is a linker; each R?, R?, R, R?, RA, and RB is a General Substituent defined herein; LA is coordinated to a metal M; and the compound includes at least a silyl group, a germyl group, or an electron-withdrawing group. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the same are also provided.

Abstract: Phosphorescent complexes are designed with intramolecular H-bonding properties to prevent deprotonation of neighboring molecules.

Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a Si or Ge atom which is carrying three substituted or unsubstituted non-fused aromatic rings and which is linked to an aryl-amino group comprising three or more fused rings via a at least one group consisting of pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, and triazine. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.