Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula (I) is contained in any layer of the at least one organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element has good luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and driving durability, and has low dependence of such performance on a deposition rate: wherein X, Q, R1 to R8 are as defined in the application.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which a compound represented by the following formula (I) is contained in any layer of the at least one organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element has high luminous efficiency and a strong effect of improving the durability by driving aging: wherein X, A1, A2, A3, A4, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula is contained in any layer of the at least one organic layer, is an organic electroluminescent element, in which the generation of dark spots during driving is inhibited: wherein Q, Ar, L, and n are as defined in the application.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element using a compound represented by the following general formula emits dark blue light and has a small change in the chromaticity during luminance modulation: wherein each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; A1 to A4 represent CR31 or N; L and X each independently represent any one of CR32R33, NR34, O, S, and SiR35R36; and each of R31 to R36 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element which has a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on this substrate and composed of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic layer disposed between these electrodes and including a light-emitting layer, and in which a compound expressed by General Formula 1-1 is contained in at least one layer of the aforementioned light-emitting layer(s) exhibits high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element that uses a compound expressed by the following general formula emits dark blue light and exhibits little change in chromaticity during brightness modulation. (n1 is an integer from 0 to 8; the R1 [groups] are each independently a substituent substituted for a hydrogen atom of the pyrene skeleton; X is CRaRb (Ra and Rb are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent), O, S, or SiRdRe (Rd and Re are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent); and A1 to A4 represent each independently either N or CRf (Rf represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and two adjacent Rf [groups] may jointly form a saturated or unsaturated ring, but no more than two rings may be formed jointly by two or more of the Rf [groups]).

Abstract: In order to provide an organic electroluminescence device with high luminous efficiency and good durability, the present invention provides a charge transporting material including a compound represented by Formula (Cz-1) wherein the content of a particular halogen-containing impurity in the charge transporting material is from 0.000% to 0.10% when the content is calculated as a proportion of the absorption intensity area of the impurity with respect to the total absorption intensity area of the charge transporting material, as measured by high-performance liquid chromatography at a measurement wavelength of 254 nm, and an organic electroluminescence device wherein the charge transporting material is included in an organic layer: wherein in Formula (Cz-1), each of R1 to R5 independently represents a particular atom or group; and each of n1 to n5 independently represents a particular integer.

Abstract: A light-emitting element having excellent light-emitting properties and with which it is possible to emit blue light at a high luminance for a long period of time, and an iridium complex for realizing the same. The light-emitting element has an external quantum efficiency of at least 5% and a light emission maximum wavelength ? max of no more than 500 nm. Further, there is provided a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer or a plurality of organic compound layers having the light-emitting layer, with at least one of the compound layers including at least one kind of a compound having a partial structure represented by the general formula K-0. In the general formula K-0, R1 to R7 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that if R2 is a fluorine atom, R3 is not a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, which has a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic layer including a luminescent layer between the electrodes, wherein the organic layer contains at least one compound of formula (1): wherein Q11 are atoms for forming a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; Z11 to Z13 each independently represents CR, wherein R represents a substituent, CH or N; n11 is 0 or 1; M11 is a metal or boron ion that may further have a ligand(s); and a compound of formula (6): wherein R63 to R66 each is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X61 to X64 and Z61 to Z66 each is CR, wherein R represents a substituent, CH or N.

Abstract: The organic electroluminescence device has, on a substrate thereof, a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer between the electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains a phosphorescent complex material containing a specific monoanionic bidentate ligand and the device contains, in a layer sandwiched between the light emitting layer and a cathode, a compound represented by the following formula (1): (Cz)p-L-(A)q??(1) wherein, Cz represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylcarbazolyl or carbazolylaryl, L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene, cycloalkylene, or aromatic heterocycle, A represents a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing 6-membered aromatic heterocycle, and each of p and q independently represents an integer from 1 to 6.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is excellent with respect to luminous efficiency and driving voltage and rarely undergoes initial luminance drop. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which comprises, on a substrate, a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode and a light-emitting layer arranged between the electrodes, and additionally comprises at least one organic layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, where in the light-emitting layer contains, for example, a compound (A-1), and the at least one layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode contains, for example, a compound (e-4).

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element that has the characteristic of excellent blue chromaticity, achieves a higher level of both external quantum efficiency and driving durability compared to conventional organic electroluminescent elements, and has a low change in chromaticity before and after driving the element. The organic electroluminescent element has a pair of electrodes and a light-emitting layer between said electrodes on a substrate, and the aforementioned light-emitting layer contains: a carbazole compound having a particular structure; and an iridium complex having a particular structure as a blue phosphorescent light-emitting material.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element is provided that has high luminous efficiency, and a slow luminance deterioration rate in the initial stage of lighting. The organic electroluminescent element includes a substrate; a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate; and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one organic layer includes a compound represented by the general formula (1). (R11 to R15 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, or silyl groups, and any one of R21 to R24 represents a group represented by general formula (1A) or (1B). Ph4 represents a p-phenylene group, and at least one of Ph4a and Ph4b represents a p-phenylene group.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which has high luminous efficiency, a low driving voltage, high durability in a high-current-density region, and little change in chromaticity before and after the driving in a high-current-density region. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a light-emitting layer arranged between the electrodes, and at least one organic layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the anode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains, for example, a compound (A), and at least one organic layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode contains, for example, a compound (a-3).

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes: a pair of electrodes; and at least one organic compound layer therebetween, the at least one organic compound layer comprises at least a light-emitting layer, wherein at least one of the at least one organic compound layer comprises at least one compound represented by a particular formula.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; an organic layer including a light emitting layer between the electrodes. The organic layer contains a compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), R11, R12, and R13 each independently represents a C1-6 alkyl group, Q1 represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or -Q2(R16)(R17)R18 in which Q2 represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom and R16, R17, and R18 each independently represents a C1-6 alkyl group, R15 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, and n stands for 1 or 2.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device including a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a light emitting layer between the electrodes and an organic layer which is adjacent to the light emitting layer between the light emitting layer and the cathode, on a substrate, and the light emitting layer contains at least one compound having a carbazole structure and the organic layer adjacent to the light emitting layer contains at least one hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a cathode; an anode; and at least one organic layer between the cathode and the anode. The at least one organic layer includes a light emitting layer containing at least one light emitting material. A compound represented by the following formula (I) is contained in the at least one organic layer. where n stands for an integer of 2 or greater, L represents an n-valent linking group, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device having a low driving voltage and excellent durability. Provided also is an organic electroluminescence device having low dependency of voltage increment after driving on temperature of usage environment. A light emitting organic thin film containing at least one compound represented by Formula (PQ-1) and a hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and an organic electroluminescence device using the same. In Formula (PQ-1), each of Ra, Rb and Rc independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, wherein any one of Ra, Rb and Rc represents a hydrogen atom and the remaining two represent an alkyl group. Each of R1 to R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a fluorine atom or a cyano group. Each of Rx and Ry independently represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group.

Abstract: A material for a light emitting device containing a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each A independently represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, which may have a substituent, and each of the rings consisting of A and nitrogen atoms independently represents an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; and L represents a divalent linking group.