Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) is provided. The OLED has an anode, a cathode, and an emission layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode, including a first emitting compound; wherein the first emitting compound is capable of functioning as a blue phosphorescent emitter in the OLED at room temperature; wherein the first emitting compound has PLQY of less than 90% at room temperature; wherein the OLED has an external quantum efficiency of between 8% and 20% at 1 mA/cm2.

Abstract: Multidentate metal complexes useful as phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications having the following structures:

Abstract: A compound including a ligand L according to Formula I: as well as, a first device and a formulation containing the same, are disclosed. In the compound including the Ligand L of Formula I: R1 and R2 are independently selected from group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, cyano, and combinations thereof; two adjacent substituents of R1 or R2 are optionally joined to form a fused ring; ligand L is coordinated to transition metal M having an atomic number greater than 40; R1 represent mono, di, tri, or tetra-substitution, or no substitution; R2 represent mono, di, or tri-substitution, or no substitution; and at least one substituent of R1 or R2 is cyano.

Abstract: Machine, methods, and program product for facilitating electronic inventory tracking and management of products through messaging over a payment network, are provided. An example includes an inventory management computer in communication with a merchant POS apparatus or terminal over an existing financial services payment network and configured to receive and process purchase transaction data associated with a product being purchased, for use by a product provider. The computer can include electronic inventory management program product configured to perform various operations including receiving a purchase transaction message sent through the payment network, storing purchase transaction data, and notifying a product provider of the purchase transaction data.

Abstract: Organic electronic devices comprising a covalently bonded organic/inorganic composite layer. The composite layer may be formed by the reaction of a metal alkoxide with a charge transport compound having one or more hydroxyl groups. Examples of metal alkoxides that can be used include vanadium alkoxides, molybdenum alkoxides, titanium alkoxides, or silicon alkoxides. This composite layer can be used for any of the various charge conducting layers in an organic electronic device, including the hole injection layer.

Abstract: Phosphorescent materials and devices with high device efficiency, stability, and processability.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device including an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer between the anode and the cathode, the emissive layer including a phosphorescent material and a compound having a repeat unit that contains a novel triphenylene moiety. A preferred group of the novel triphenylene moiety are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused aryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups and alkyl groups. A further preferred group of compounds are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused heteroaryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups, non-fused heteroaryl groups, and alkyl groups.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound having substructure F: wherein R?1 is a straight or branched chain of two or more non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl groups substituted with Ra, wherein Ra is a non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl, a branched or straight chain of non-fused aryl or a non-fused heteroaryl, or an alkyl substituted non-fused aryl or an alkyl substituted non-fused heteroaryl group. The compounds may be useful in phosphorescent organic light emitting devices.

Abstract: A compound including a Ligand L of Formula I: as well as, a first device and a formulation containing the same, are disclosed. In the compound including the Ligand L of Formula I: X is selected from the group consisting of S, Se, SiRR? and GeRR?; R1, R2, R, and R? are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; any adjacent substitutions or substituents of R1, R2, R, and R? are optionally linked together to form a ring; the Ligand L is coordinated to a metal M having an atomic number of 40 or greater; and the Ligand L is optionally linked with other ligands to comprise a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand.

Abstract: A compound including a ligand having the formula: is disclosed. In these formulas, each R1, R2, and R3 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl; at least one of R1 and R2 is a branched alkyl containing at least 4 carbon atoms, where the branching occurs at a position further than the benzylic position; where R1 and R3 are mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, or no substitutions; and R2 is mono-, di-, or no substitutions. Heteroleptic iridium complexes including such compounds, and devices including such compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: Imidazophenanthridine ligands and metal complexes are provided. The compounds exhibit improved stability through a linking substitution that links a nitrogen bonded carbon of an imidizole ring to a carbon on the adjacent fused aryl ring. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emissive dopants, providing devices with improved efficiency, stability, and manufacturing. In particular, the compounds provided herein may be used in blue devices having high efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A4, A5, A6, A8, R1, R2, R3, R7 and n of Formula I, independently, are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to A-beta plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formula II and sub-formula embodiments thereof, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I-II.

Abstract: Platinum compounds of Formulas I and II useful in a variety of devices, such as, for example organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Abstract: Systems, program product, apparatus and method for transmitting and processing the sale of a transaction card product over an existing payment network using partial authorization messaging, are provided. An example of such a system can include a merchant POS apparatus equipped to support partial authorization messaging, a transaction card issuer server in communication therewith, and a transaction card product. The transaction card product can include a conventional transaction card securely wrapped within a tamper evident container that can carry its own magnetic strip. The container magnetic strip can store an assigned unique card identifier linked to, but different from, the card identifier normally associated with the card. The container card identifier stored in the container magnetic strip is compatible with the merchant POS card reader and is usable to activate the card without the merchant or consumer having access to the card, the card identifier, or the card magnetic strip.

Abstract: Novel phosphorescent tetradentate platinum (II) compounds are provided. The compounds contain an isoimidazole moiety, optionally further substituted with a twisted aryl. These compounds may be advantageously used in OLEDs.

Abstract: Novel phosphorescent platinum complexes containing tetradentate ligands are provided. The disclosed compounds have three 6-membered metallocycle units in each tertadentate ligand. The disclosed compounds have desirable electronic properties that make them useful when incorporated into a variety of OLED devices.

Abstract: Multidentate metal complexes useful as phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications have the structures as described herein. Multidentate metal complexes and compositions including one or more of the complexes described herein can be useful as emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), displays and lighting applications, and photovoltaic devices. Generally, a chemical structural change will affect the electronic structure of the compounds, which thereby affects the optical properties of the compounds (e.g., emission and absorption spectra). Thus, the compounds described herein can be tailored or tuned to a particular emission or absorption energy. In some aspects, the optical properties of the compounds disclosed herein can be tuned by varying the structure of the ligand surrounding the metal center.

Abstract: A new class of blue emissive complexes are described. The compounds comprise pyridyl benzimidazole ligands with twisted aryl groups for improved color.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device having an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is provided. In one aspect, the organic layer comprises a compound having at least one zwitterionic carbon donor ligand.

Abstract: Novel organometallic complexes having Formula (IV), that are useful in organic light emitting devices are disclosed.