Abstract: A chrysene derivative shown by the following formula: wherein R1 to R10 and R21 to R25 are independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 ring carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R21 to R25 is a substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic ring group having 10 to 20 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group.

Abstract: Polycyclic ring assembly compound which has a specific flexible partial structure, i.e., a structure containing an aromatic ring in which adjacent carbon atoms have, bonded thereto, an aromatic ring group of another kind and an aliphatic group or aromatic ring group. Also provided are: a polymer constituted of repeating units at least part of which are structures derived from the polycyclic ring assembly compound; a solution of an organic EL material containing the polycyclic ring assembly compound or the polymer; and an organic electroluminescence device. The organic electroluminescence device has excellent heat resistance, high color purity, and a long lifetime and can emit a blue light or green light at a high luminescent efficiency. The polycyclic ring assembly compound realizes the device.

Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative having ring structures on the both sides of central double bond structure, an organic electroluminescence device including the aromatic amine derivative, and an organic electroluminescence material-containing solution including the aromatic amine derivative as one of organic electroluminescence materials and a solvent, the organic electroluminescence device having a long lifetime and high luminous efficiency and being capable of emitting blue light having a high color purity, and being realized with the aromatic amine derivative and the organic electroluminescence material-containing solution.

Abstract: A fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers described above comprises the above fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure in the form of a single component or a mixed component. The organic electroluminescence device has a high luminous efficiency, and the fluorene-based derivative materializes the same.

Abstract: A polycarbonate prepolymer for solid state polymerization, which is produced by an oxidative carbonylation reaction of an aromatic dihydroxy compound, a monohydric phenol having a boiling point of 330° C. or below, carbon monoxide and oxygen, the polycarbonate prepolymer being characterized by that (a) a ratio of aryl carbonate groups and hydroxyl groups each constituting terminal groups of the prepolymer is from 2:8 to 8:2, and (b) a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) is from 1.1 to 2.1; and a process of producing polycarbonates including a step of solid state-polymerizing the prepolymer so as to increase the molecular weight thereof. According to the present invention, the prepolymer having a controlled molecular weight distribution suitable for solid state polymerization is provided, and a high quality polycarbonate is efficiently produced in environmentally friend manner.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device which includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers including at least one light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin layer contains an asymmetric fluorene-based derivative compound of a specific structural formula and an amine compound of a specific structural formula. This organic electroluminescence device has excellent heat resistance and a long lifetime and can emit any of blue, green, and red lights at a high luminous efficiency.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon compound of a specified structure having a substituted silyl group and an organic electroluminescence device composed of one or more organic thin film layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the silicon compound alone or as a component of mixture. Thus, there are provided an organic electroluminescence device capable of obtaining a high luminous efficiency, a high color purity and a long lifetime, and a novel silicon compound for realization thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a pyrene derivative of a specified structure and an organic electroluminescence device including an organic thin film layer formed of one or multiple layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the pyrene derivative alone or as a component of mixture. Thus, there are provided an organic electroluminescence device capable of obtaining long-life blue light emission with high luminous efficiency and a novel pyrene derivative for realization thereof.

Abstract: A biphenyl derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescent device having a long lifetime due to comprising at least one of organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein the organic thin film layer contains the biphenyl derivatives, singly or as a component of a mixture are provided, and also the biphenyl derivatives particularly suitable for a light emitting material of the organic EL device of the present invention is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a condensed ring-containing compound having a condensed dicyclic group having a specific structure and carbazolyl groups and/or indolyl groups, and further provided is an organic electroluminescent device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers having at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer in the above organic thin film layer contains the condensed ring-containing compound described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component, whereby a current efficiency and a heat resistance are high, and a lifetime is very long.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device including one or two or more organic thin-film layers having at least a light emitting layer interposed between a negative electrode and a positive electrode, in which the light emitting layer contains a pyrene derivative of a specified structure and an amine compound of a specified structure. The organic electroluminescence device excels in heat resistance, ensures long life and high luminous efficiency, and is capable of emitting blue, green and red lights.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer. The at least one emitting layer contains at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following formula (1).

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer. The at least one emitting layer contains at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, B1, B2, B3 and B4 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring selected from a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a triphenylene ring, a benzo[a]triphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring, a benzo[b]fluoranthene ring and a picene ring. p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A naphthalene derivative represented by the following formula (1) is provided. In the formula (1), Ar1 to Ar6 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms forming a ring. The substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group has none of anthracene skeleton, pyrene skeleton, aceanthrylene skeleton and naphthacene skeleton. R1 to R3 each represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a silyl group or a halogen atom. R1 to R3 each may be bonded in any position of a main-chain naphthalene skeleton or a main-chain benzene skeleton. a and b each represent an integer in a range of 0 to 4. l, m, n and p each represent 0 or 1.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device in which a single or a plurality of thin organic layers including at least a light emitting layer are sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. At least one of the thin organic layers includes: (A) a perylene compound having at least one halogen atom in its molecule; and (B) a compound having a fused aromatic ring having a ring carbon atoms of 12 to 15. The organic EL device has a high luminous efficiency and a long lifetime and is capable of emitting light having a color range of from an orange color to a red color.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer contains: at least one phosphorescent material; and a host material represented by the following formula (1). Ra—Ar1—Ar2—Rb ??(1) In the formula, Ar1, Ar2, Ra and Rb each represent a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon group selected from a group consisting of a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a triphenylene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a benzotriphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring, a picene ring and a benzo[b]fluoranthene ring.

Abstract: A naphthalene derivative represented by the following formula (1) is provided. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms forming a ring. The aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group has none of anthracene skeleton, pyrene skeleton, aceanthrylene skeleton and naphthacene skeleton. n, m and l each represent an integer in a range of 1 to 5. p represents an integer in a range of 0 to 5. When n, m, l and p each are 2 or more, a plurality of Ar1 to Ar4 may be mutually the same or different.

Abstract: A naphthalene derivative represented by the following formula (1) is provided. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms forming a ring. The aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group has none of anthracene skeleton, pyrene skeleton, aceanthrylene skeleton and naphthacene skeleton. n, m and 1 each represent an integer in a range of 1 to 5. p represents an integer in a range of o to 5. When n, m, 1 and p each are 2 or more, a plurality of Ar1 to Ar4 may be mutually the same or different.

Abstract: A naphthalene derivative represented by the following formula (1) is provided. In the formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms forming a ring. The aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group has none of anthracene skeleton, pyrene skeleton, aceanthrylene skeleton and naphthacene skeleton. Ar3 represents a benzene skeleton or a naphthalene skeleton. R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a silyl group or a halogen atom. a and b each represent an integer in a range of 0 to 4. m and n each represent an integer in a range of 1 to 4.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer includes at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following Formula (1).