Abstract: A metal coordination compound having the following structure: wherein M? is Ir or Rh, m? is 2, and are identical to each other and are represented by a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl isoquinoline ligand. A luminescence device and a display apparatus using this metal coordination compound are provided.

Abstract: There is provided an organic light-emitting element comprising at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate and at least two or more light emission center materials included in the light-emitting layer, and that the at least one or more light emission center materials include a phosphorescent light-emitting material, and an excitation lifetime of the light emission center material that emits light having a shortest wavelength is shorter than an excitation lifetime of the other light emission center material, whereby a high-efficiency organic light-emitting element without decreasing a color purity of white light emission can be obtained.

Abstract: When the degradation of a light-emitting device is detected and the luminance is compensated, because the lowering in current efficiency involved in the degradation varies for each luminance, use of the same compensation coefficient provides a luminance region in which the compensation is insufficient. A light-emitting apparatus includes a light-emitting device; a control unit for changing a display luminance of the light-emitting device depending on an input signal; a degradation detection unit for detecting a degradation amount of the light-emitting device; and a correction unit for correcting the input signal depending on a detected degradation amount, wherein the correction unit corrects the input signal depending on the degradation amount of the light-emitting device and the display luminance determined by the input signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light-emitting device which is provided for each pixel and includes terminals; a drive portion for supplying a drive current to the light-emitting device; a voltage detection portion for detecting a voltage increase between the terminals of the light-emitting device; a correction portion for correcting the drive current for the light-emitting device; and a control portion for controlling the drive portion to supply the corrected drive current from the drive portion to the light-emitting device. The correction portion performs, for a pixel in which the detected voltage increase reaches a reference value, a correction to increase the drive current at a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device has a light emitting layer and an electron injecting and transporting layer which are sandwiched between a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode. The electron injection dopant material is doped into an electron transporting material in such a manner that concentration of the dopant becomes low, high, and low in the regions of the electron injecting and transporting layer in the stated order from the light emitting layer side in the film thickness direction. Further, in the region brought into contact with the cathode of the electron injecting and transporting layer, the concentration of the dopant is preferably set high. The organic light emitting device improves drive durability and high light extraction efficiency.

Abstract: A metal coordination compound represented by any one of formulas (1)-(5). An organic luminescence device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer, which contains the metal coordination compound, disposed between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A luminescence device having a layer containing a metal coordination compound which has a partial structure. MLm of formula (2) below and is preferably entirely represented by formula (3) below: MLmL?n??(3) wherein M denotes a metal atom of Ir, Pt, Rh or Pd; represent mutually different bidentate ligands; m is 1 or 2 or 3; n is 0 or 1 or 2 with the proviso that m+n=2 or 3; the partial structure MLm is represented by formula (2) below (wherein B is an isoquinolyl group bonded to the metal M with its N and including a position-1 carbon atom bonded to a cyclic group A which includes the C bonded to the metal M), and the partial structure ML?n is represented by formula (4), (5) or (6) shown below. There is provided a luminescence device capable of high-efficiency luminescence and long-term high luminance and adapted to red luminescence.

Abstract: A luminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed between the electrodes. The layer contains a metal coordination compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein M is Ir, Rh or Pd;n is 2or 3; and X1 to X8 is, independently, a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom; a nitro group; a trifluoromethyl group; a trialkylsilyl group having three linear or branched alkyl groups each independently having 1-8 carbon atoms; and a linear or branched alkyl group having 2-20 carbon atoms capable of including one or at least two non-neighboring methylene groups which can be replaced with —O—,—S—,—C(O)—,—C(O)—O—,—O—C(O)—, —CH?CH—or —C?C—and capable of including a hydrogen atom which can be replaced with a fluorine atom.

Abstract: A metal coordination compound having a structure according to formula (1) or (3), wherein ligand L is a phenylisoquinoline ligand and ligand L2 is different from L: A luminescence device and a display apparatus using this metal coordination compound are provided.

Abstract: There is provided an organic light-emitting element comprising at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate and at least two or more light emission center materials included in the light-emitting layer, and that the at least one or more light emission center materials include a phosphorescent light-emitting material, and an excitation lifetime of the light emission center material that emits light having a shortest wavelength is shorter than an excitation lifetime of the other light emission center material, whereby a high-efficiency organic light-emitting element without decreasing a color purity of white light emission can be obtained.

Abstract: There is provided an organic light-emitting element comprising at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate and at least two or more light emission center materials included in the light-emitting layer, and that the at least one or more light emission center materials include a phosphorescent light-emitting material, and an excitation lifetime of the light emission center material that emits light having a shortest wavelength is shorter than an excitation lifetime of the other light emission center material, whereby a high-efficiency organic light-emitting element without decreasing a color purity of white light emission can be obtained.

Abstract: A multicolor light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL devices each having two or more different luminescent colors. The multicolor light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL devices each having an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer 12 between a reflecting electrode 11 and a transparent electrode 14. The plurality of organic EL devices each has two or more different emission spectra, wherein light-emitting regions in the light-emitting layer of the organic EL devices each having different emission spectra are located in different positions in the layer thickness direction corresponding to the different emission spectra.

Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and a dopant for improving the dispersability thereof. As the dopant, there are employed a light emitting compound and a non-light emitting compound or a current enhancing material. In case of employing the light emitting compound, the composition corresponds to a case of utilizing plural light emitting materials, and, in such case, the light emission wavelengths are preferably mutually closer. Also, evaporation of the light emitting material and the dopant in the same evaporation boat makes it possible to reduce evaporation temperature, thereby improving the dispersability of the light emitting material.

Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and first and second dopants for improving the dispersability thereof. The first and second dopants are metal organic complex compounds having the same ligand skeletal structures.

Abstract: In order to improve the light emission efficiency and the light emission life time of an organic electroluminescent device, the invention provides a method for improving the dispersibility of a light emitting material in the light emitting layer. The light emitting device comprises electrodes consisting of an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the electrodes, wherein the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and a dopant for improving the dispersibility thereof. As the dopant, there are employed a light emitting compound and a non-light emitting compound or a current enhancing material. In case of employing the light emitting compound, the composition corresponds to a case of utilizing plural light emitting materials, and, in such case, the light emission wavelengths are preferably mutually closer.

Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and first and second dopants for improving the dispersability thereof. As the first dopant, there is employed a phosphorescent dopant. The amount of the second dopant is greater than the amount of the first dopant.

Abstract: An organic light emitting apparatus comprising a substrate and a plurality of organic light emitting devices having different emission colors to each other formed on the substrate, each of the plurality of organic light emitting devices including a cathode, an electron injection layer which is in contact with the cathode, organic compound layers including a light emitting layer, and an optically-transparent anode, the electron injection layer including an organic compound and at least one of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an alkali metal compound, and an alkaline earth metal compound. The electron injection layer has a thickness adjusted for each of the different emission colors so that each of the plurality of organic light emitting devices having the different emission colors enhances light emitted from the light emitting layer.

Abstract: An electroluminescence device having a layer containing a specific metal coordination compound is provided. The metal coordination compound is represented by formula (1) below: MLmL?n,??(1) wherein M is a metal atom of Ir, Pt, Rh or Pd; L and L? are mutually different bidentate ligands; m is 1, 2 or 3 and n is 0, 1 or 2 with the proviso that m+n is 2 or 3; a partial structure MLm is represented by formula (2) shown below and a partial structure ML?n is represented by formula (3) or (4) shown below: The metal coordination compound of the formula (1) is characterized by having at least one aromatic substituent for at least one of CyN1, CyN2, CyC1 and CyC2. The metal coordination compound having the aromatic substituent is effective in providing high-efficiency luminescence, long-term high luminance, and less deterioration by current passing.

Abstract: In a display device having a display region formed by disposing a plurality of organic light emitting elements such as organic EL elements, it becomes possible to prevent penetration of water into the display region to suppress degradation in display characteristics even during drive over a long period of time and to improve long-term reliability. There is provided a display device comprising a display region (120) having a plurality of organic light emitting elements disposed on a substrate (101), each of the plurality of organic light emitting elements having an organic layer (103 comprising a light emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode (102, 104), wherein the display region (120) is formed on a first insulating protective layer (106) provided on the substrate (101), and a surface on a side opposite to a substrate (101) side and an entire periphery of the display region (120) are covered with an insulating protective film (107).

Abstract: There is provided an organic electroluminescence device including: a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode; and an organic compound layer provided between the pair of electrodes, in which: the organic compound layer contains a metal so that the metal partially forms a coordination bond with an organic compound; and a ratio of the number of metal atoms involved in the coordination to the total number of metal atoms in the layer is 0.11 or more to 0.42 or less. The organic electroluminescence device has excellent light emitting property that is not largely impaired even after the device is driven for a long time period.