Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an organic matrix material for producing an organic semiconductor material, characterized in that the organic matrix material is comprised at least partly of a spirobifluorene compound, and the glass transition temperature of the organic matrix material is at least 120° C. and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the matrix material is at a maximum energy level of 5.4 eV; and also to an organic semiconductor material and electronic component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel spiro compounds of the formula (I):

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula (I), in which at least one of the radicals K1, L, M, N1, R1, R2, R3, R4 is one of the following groups are suitable as charge transport materials, in particular for photovoltaic cells, and as electroluminescence materials.

Abstract: Poly(paraphenylenevinylene) derivatives and their use as electroluminescence materials

Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers containing triptycene units. The polymers according to the invention are on the one hand homopolymers comprising a recurring unit containing a triptycenylene radical, and copolymers comprising two or more different recurring units, which may contain a triptycenylene radical or an arylene, heteroarylene, vinylene and ethynylene radical. The polymers according to the invention are employed as electroluminescent materials.

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula (I), 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel spiro compounds of the formula (I) 1

Abstract: Triptycene derivatives, and their use for opto-electronic applications, in particular as electroluminescent materials Triptycene devices of the formula (I) where the symbols in the formula have the following meanings: K1, K2 and K3 are identical or different and are mono- or polycyclic systems, which may, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably N, S and/or O, and; X and Y are identical or different and are CR1, N, P, As or SiR2; R1 are identical or different and are H, halogen, pseudohalogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which may also, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably —O—, —N— and/or —S—; R2 are identical or different and are a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which may also, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably —O—, —N— and/or —S—, are suitable for use in electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula I in which &psgr; is C, Si, Ge or Sn and K1 and K2 independently of one another are conjugated systems, are suitable as materials in nonlinear optics.

Abstract: A photovoltaic cell comprising an electrolyte which comprises a hole conductor compound as redox system.

Abstract: Hetero-spiro compounds of the formula (I), where &PSgr; is an element of the 4th main group of the Periodic Table with the exception of carbon, preferably Sn, Ge or Si, particularly preferably Ge or Si, and K1 and K2 are, independently of one another, conjugated systems, for use in electroluminescence devices. The compounds of the formula (I) have a good solubility in customary organic solvents, improved film-forming properties and a significantly reduced tendency to crystallize.

Abstract: Poly(paraphenylenevinylene) derivatives and their use as electroluminescence materials

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula (I), where X1, X2, X3, X4 are identical or different and are —S—, —O—, —NR5—, —CR5═N— or —CR5═CH—, with the proviso that at least one of the groups X1-4 is different from —CR5═CH—, are suitable as charge transport materials, in particular for photovoltaic cells, and as electroluminescence materials.

Abstract: An optical brightener comprising one or more spiro compounds of the formula (I), where K1 and K2, which are identical or different, are conjugated systems, and &psgr; is C, Si, Ge, Sn or Pb, is notable for high fluorescence quantum yields and a high temperature stability.

Abstract: A photovoltaic cell having a charge transport layer comprising a hole conductor material is disclosed and claimed. The photovoltaic cell comprising a light absorbing layer having a semiconductor material with a bassed gap of at least 3.0 Ev, the surface of the semiconductor having a roughness of >20, optionally a sensitizer layer, a charge transport layer comprising one or more spiro compounds of the formula (I) as a hole conductor material ##STR1## where .PSI. is C, Si, Ge or Sn, andK.sup.1 and K.sup.2, independently of one another, are conjugated systems,and a counter electrode.

Abstract: A conjugated polymer comprising repeating units of the formula (I), ##STR1## where the symbols and indices have the following meanings: .PSI. is an element of the 4th main group of the Periodic Table with the exception of carbon;D, E, F, G are identical or different and are --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.3 -- or a chemical bond;U is --CR.sup.4 .dbd.CR.sup.5 -- or a chemical bond;V is as defined for U or is --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.3 --, --SiR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, --SO.sub.2 --, --O--, --CO--;A are identical or different and are H, a C.sub.1 --C.sub.20 -hydrocarbon radical which can also contain heteroatoms;T is --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.3 --, --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, --CH.dbd.N--, --CA.dbd.CA--, --CH.dbd.CA--, --CH.dbd.CF-- or --CF.dbd.CF--;K, Q are identical or different hydrocarbon radicals which can contain heteroatoms and have conjugated electron systems;M, L are H or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, Br, Cl, F, CN, NO.sub.2 or CF.sub.

Abstract: Use in electrooptical switching and display devices of a polymer comprising conjugatively linked chromophore segments whose emission properties are determined by the emission properties of the individual chromophore segments.Electroluminescence devices comprising the polymers of the present invention have, inter alia, a high color purity. The polymers used according to the present invention enable, in particular, blue and white electroluminescence to also be achieved.

Abstract: Use of spiro compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## where K.sup.1 and K.sup.2 are, independently of one another, conjugated systems, in electroluminescence devices.Preferred compounds of the formula (I) are 9,9'-spirobifluorene derivatives of the formula (II) ##STR2## where the benzo groups can be substituted independently of one another. Compounds of the formula (I) have a good solubility in customary organic solvents, improved film-forming properties and a significantly reduced tendency to crystallize. The production of electroluminescence devices is thereby made easier and their service life is increased.

Abstract: Conjugated polymers comprising recurring units of the formula (I), ##STR1## where the symbols and indices have the following meanings: .psi. is an element of the 4th main group of the Periodic Table with the exception of carbon;D, E, F, G are identical or different and are each, for example, --O-- or a chemical bond;U is, for example, a chemical bond;V is, for example, as defined for U or is --O--;A are identical or different and are each, for example, H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -hydrocarbon radical;T is, for example, --O-- or --CA.dbd.CA--, where A is as defined above;K, L, M, Q are identical or different and are hydrocarbon radicals which can contain heteroatoms and have conjugated electron systems;m, n are identical or different and are 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;are suitable as electroluminescence materials.

Abstract: Poly(4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene-2,7-diyl) derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## where the symbols R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the following meanings: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are identically or variously H, a straight-chain or branched alkyl chain containing 1 to 22 carbon atoms, it being possible for one or more nonadjacent CH.sub.2 groups also to be replaced by --O--, --COO--, --OOC-- and/or phenylene, aryl or aryloxy groups, it being possible for the aromatic to be substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkoxy, Br, Cl, F, CN, and/or NO.sub.2, Br, Cl, F, CN, NO.sub.2, or carboalkoxy containing 2 to 23 carbon atoms;n is 10 to 150,are suitable as electroluminescence materials.