Abstract: A spin-on dielectric of novel composition formed as a sol comprising an a source of silicon such as an orthosilicate ester, alone or in combination with an alkylated orthosilicate ester, a polar solvent, water, an acid catalyst, which may be a strong acid catalyst, and an amphiphilic block copolymer surfactant, optionally including an organic acid, a co-solvent and/or a reactive solvent. Also provided is a method of formulating the sol, a film made from the spin-on dielectric that has desirable electrical and mechanical properties, methods for treating the film described to optimize the film's electrical and mechanical performance, and methods for depositing the film onto silicon, steel or other surfaces.

Abstract: A method of fabrication of high-k paraelectric metal oxide films at low temperatures utilizing ordered mesoporous metal oxide thin films synthesized by organic templating methodology. The process consisting of (a) chemical solution deposition of periodic ordered mesoporous structures containing high-k metal oxide films, (b) removal of organic template additives, (c) infiltration of the pores with an appropriate second phase, and (d) low temperature thermal and/or annealing of infiltrated films.

Abstract: A spin-on dielectric of novel composition formed as a sol comprising an a source of silicon such as an orthosilicate ester, alone or in combination with an alkylated orthosilicate ester, a polar solvent, water, an acid catalyst, which may be a strong acid catalyst, and an amphiphilic block copolymer surfactant, optionally including an organic acid, a co-solvent and/or a reactive solvent. Also provided is a method of formulating the sol, a film made from the spin-on dielectric that has desirable electrical and mechanical properties, methods for treating the film described to optimize the film's electrical and mechanical performance, and methods for depositing the film onto silicon, steel or other surfaces.

Abstract: A spin-on dielectric of novel composition formed as a sol comprising an a source of silicon such as an orthosilicate ester, alone or in combination with an alkylated orthosilicate ester, a polar solvent, water, an acid catalyst, which may be a strong acid catalyst, and an amphiphilic block copolymer surfactant, optionally including an organic acid, a co-solvent and/or a reactive solvent. Also provided is a method of formulating the sol, a film made from the spin-on dielectric that has desirable electrical and mechanical properties, methods for treating the film described to optimize the film's electrical and mechanical performance, and methods for depositing the film onto silicon, steel or other surfaces.

Abstract: A method of fabrication of high-k paraelectric metal oxide films at low temperatures utilizing ordered mesoporous metal oxide thin films synthesized by organic templating methodology. The process consisting of (a) chemical solution deposition of periodic ordered mesoporous structures containing high-k metal oxide films, (b) removal of organic template additives, (c) infiltration of the pores with an appropriate second phase, and (d) low temperature thermal and/or annealing of infiltrated films.

Abstract: A family of non-polymeric heterogeneous spiro compounds having visible light emissive, hole-transport, electron transport or bipolar-transport properties may be used in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), as an emissive layer in the OLEDs and/or in one or more of the charge transport layers, or as a host material for one or more of such layers.

Abstract: Emissive iridium (III) complexes suitable for use in an emissive layer of an OLED and having the structure: wherein L1 and L2 are heteroaromatic ligands having a carbon atom covalently bonded to the iridium atom and a nitrogen atom complexed to the iridium atom, and wherein A comprises n heteroaromatic ligand groups defined as for L1 and L2, bonding to the respective n iridium atoms, and n is 2–12.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device (OLED) in which a bipolar carbazole-based material expressed according to the following general formula: 1

Abstract: A family of heterogeneous spiro compounds is disclosed which may be used in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), as an emissive layer and/or one or more of the charge transport layers, or as a host material for one or more of such layers.

Abstract: Novel emissive materials suitable for organic light emitting devices are disclosed having a structure (L2M)n—X wherein L is a 2-alkyl-8-quinolinolate or 2-phenyl-8-quinolinolate ligand, M is a trivalent metal atom, n is an integer between 1 and 12. When n equals 1, X comprises a monovalent arylate emitter that contains at least one triarylamine group or a light emitting group with emission peak wavelength in the range of 500-750 nm. When n equals 2, X comprises a divalent arylate emitter that contains at least one triarylamine group or a light emitting group with emission peak wavelength in the range of 500-750 nm. When 3≦n≦12, X is an n-valent arylate group.

Abstract: A fluorescent compound, suitable for use in an active layer of an organic light-emitting device and exhibiting both good luminescence and excellent thermal stability, which has the structure wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; wherein Ar2 is optionally present; and wherein Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are independently each a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.

Abstract: An optical structure is fabricated by forming an active layer including a photodefinable material on a substrate or on another underlying layer, forming an upper layer above the active layer, and then patterning the active layer by selective application of radiation through the upper layer. The upper layer is substantially transparent to radiation of the type required to activate the photodefinable material in the active layer.

Abstract: Novel emissive materials suitable for organic light emitting devices are disclosed having a structure (L2M)n-X wherein L is a 2-alkyl-8-quinolinolate or 2-phenyl-8-quinolinolate ligand, M is a trivalent metal atom, n is an integer between 1 and 12. When n equals 1, X comprises a monovalent arylate emitter that contains at least one triarylamine group or a light emitting group with emission peak wavelength in the range of 500-750 nm. When n equals 2, X comprises a divalent arylate emitter that contains at least one triarylamine group or a light emitting group with emission peak wavelength in the range of 500-750 nm. When 3≦n≦12, X is an n-valent arylate group.

Abstract: The invention is directed to guest-host emissive systems suitable for use with organic light emitting devices. In one aspect, the host material comprises a compound having a carbazole core with an electron-donating species bonded to the nitrogen, and aromatic amine groups or carbazole groups bonded to one or more of the carbon atoms. In another aspect, the host material comprises a compound having a single-atom or single-ring core bonded to one or more carbazole moieties, which may themselves be substituted with electron-donating groups. The disclosed host materials have a large band gap potential and high-energy triplet excited states to permit short-wavelength phosphorescent emission by an associated guest material.

Abstract: A method for forming waveguides in an optical material such as lithium niobate comprises the steps of providing an exchange agent including a proton-supplying medium and a catalyst, and exposing a selected portion of the optical material to the exchange agent for a predetermined time and at a predetermined temperature. Preferably, the catalyst is a metallic cation having a valence of at least +2, and the proton-supplying medium is a weak acid with a pKa of greater than about 4.5 or a lithium-buffered (“starved”) acidic solution. The catalyst accelerates the rate at which protons are exchanged with corresponding ions in the optical material lattice, thereby reducing the time required to produce a waveguide in the exposed portion of the optical material.

Abstract: A fluorescent compound, suitable for use in an active layer of an organic light-emitting device and exhibiting both good luminescence and excellent thermal stability, which has the structure 1

Abstract: Emissive iridium (III) complexes suitable for use in an emissive layer of an OLED and having the structure: 1

Abstract: An optical structure is fabricated by forming an active layer including a photodefinable material on a substrate or on another underlying layer, forming an upper layer above the active layer, and then patterning the active layer by selective application of radiation through the upper layer. The upper layer is substantially transparent to radiation of the type required to activate the photodefinable material in the active layer.