Copolymers (epo) Patents (Class 257/E51.036)
  • Patent number: 9200156
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymer blends comprising one or more hole transporting polymers and one or more electron transporting polymers, to the use of these blends in electronic and electrooptical devices, in particular in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and to OLEDs comprising the polymer blends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Frank Meyer
  • Patent number: 8912305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula I, or III and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially an organic field effect transistor (OFET), or a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias Düggeli, Mahmoud Zaher Eteish, Pascal Hayoz, Olivier Frédéric Aebischer, Marta Fonrodona Turon, Margherita Fontana, Marian Lanz, Mathieu G. R. Turbioz, Beat Schmidhalter, Jean-Charles Flores
  • Patent number: 8871359
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device wherein a light emitting layer exists between electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a layer (L) containing a polymer compound exists between the light emitting layer and the anode and the polymer compound contains a repeating unit of formula (1): wherein, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 represent each independently an arylene group or divalent heterocyclic group; E1, E2 and E3 represent each independently aryl group (A) or heterocyclic group (B); a and b represent each independently 0 or 1, and 0?a+b?1; aryl group (A) is an aryl group having three or more substituents; and heterocyclic group (B) is a monovalent heterocyclic group having one or more substituents in which the sum of the number of the substituents and the number of hetero atoms of the heterocycle is 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Jun Oguma, Makoto Anryu
  • Patent number: 8802245
    Abstract: A polymer composition comprising 1 to 99 wt % of a copolymer (A) and 99 to 1 wt % of a copolymer (B); the polymer composition used as a light emitting material of a light emitting device having high performances; Copolymers (A) and (B) being copolymers showing fluorescence in the solid state and having a polystyrene-reduced number average molecular weight of 103 to 108, and containing a repeating unit (a) and a repeating unit (b); Copolymer (A) has a relation of 100>XaA>5, where XaA (%) is a percentage of the mol number of repeating unit (a) based on the sum of the mol numbers of repeating units (a), and Copolymer (B) satisfies a relation of XaB?XaA?5, where XaB (%) is a percentage of the mol number of repeating unit (a) based on the sum of the mol numbers of repeating units (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsumi Agata, Takeshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8791451
    Abstract: A composition comprising: at least one conjugated polymer, at least one second polymer comprising repeat units represented by: (I) optionally, —[CH2—CH(Ph-OH)]— and (II) —[CH2—CH(Ph-OR)]— wherein Ph is a phenyl ring and R comprises a fluorinated group, an alkyl group, an alkylsulfonic acid group, an alkylene oxide group, or a combination thereof is described. Other polymers can be used as second polymer including polymers comprising modified naphthol side groups. The composition can be used in hole injection and hole transport layers for organic electronic devices. Increased lifetime and better processability can be achieved. Versatility with useful OLED emitters can be achieved. Ink formulations can be adapted for ink jet printing. The conjugated polymer can be a polythiophene. Applications include OLEDs and OPVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Solvay USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkataramanan Seshadri, Christopher T. Brown, Brian E. Woodworth, Edward S. Yang
  • Patent number: 8785004
    Abstract: A fluorene-based copolymer of formula I includes a monomeric unit that includes a fluorene group and at least one steric hindering chemical group to provide sufficient steric interaction such that the spatial conformation of the fluorene-based copolymer is substantially non-planar. The fluorene-based copolymer exhibits UV light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Chung Ching Yang, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 8629051
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and a method of formation provide a contact area formed at an angled end of at least one linearly extending conductive line. In an embodiment, conductive lines with contact landing pads are formed by patterning lines in a mask material, cutting at least one of the material lines to form an angle relative to the extending direction of the material lines, forming extensions from the angled end faces of the mask material, and patterning an underlying conductor by etching using said material lines and extension as a mask. In another embodiment, at least one conductive line is cut at an angle relative to the extending direction of the conductive line to produce an angled end face, and an electrical contact landing pad is formed in contact with the angled end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej Sandhu, Scott Sills
  • Patent number: 8586209
    Abstract: An improved composition for ink jet printing an opto-electrical device, which composition comprises a solution-processable host material and a metal complex, wherein the viscosity of the composition exceeds 12 mPa·s at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Paul Wallace, Simon Goddard, Ilaria Grizzi
  • Patent number: 8525191
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device assembly can include: a coated element and an optoelectronic device on the coated element. The coated element can include a thermoplastic substrate and a protective weathering layer. The thermoplastic substrate can include a bisphenol-A polycarbonate homopolymer and a polycarbonate copolymer, and wherein the polycarbonate copolymer is selected from a copolymer of tetrabromobisphenol A carbonate and BPA carbonate; a copolymer of 2-phenyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)phthalimidine carbonate and BPA carbonate; a copolymer of 4,4?-(1-phenylethylidene) biphenol carbonate and BPA carbonate; a copolymer of 4,4?-(1-methylethylidene) bis[2,6-dimethyl-phenol]carbonate and BPA carbonate; and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing. The protective weathering layer can include resorcinol polyarylate and polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Jian Zhou, James Edward Pickett, Shreyas Chakravarti
  • Patent number: 8519092
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8492007
    Abstract: A metal complex which has a metal complex structure showing light emission from triplet excited state, and has a monovalent group derived from carbazole, and a light-emitting device using said metal complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company
    Inventors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Shuji Doi, Satoshi Mikami
  • Patent number: 8470960
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and R1 through R6 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Hong Meng, Fangping Sun
  • Patent number: 8426038
    Abstract: Organic electroluminescence devices including phosphorescent polymer compounds having high light-emitting efficiency and long luminescent life. These phosphorescent polymer compounds include a structural unit that is derived from a compound of Formula (1) below as a side-chain thereof. In Formula (1), L1 and L2 are two different kinds of ligands, and are selected from Formulae (a1) to (a6) and (b1) to (b6), respectively, as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8420232
    Abstract: Disclosed are Binaphthyl-Arylamine Polymers having Formula I: In the Formula: Ar1 is an arylene; Ar2 is an aryl group; Ar3 is an arylene; Binap is a binaphthyl moiety; M is a conjugated moiety; and x, y and z are mole fractions such that x+y+z=1.0, with the proviso that x and y are not zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Park, Nora Sabina Radu
  • Patent number: 8383504
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and a method of formation provide a contact area formed at an angled end of at least one linearly extending conductive line. In an embodiment, conductive lines with contact landing pads are formed by patterning lines in a mask material, cutting at least one of the material lines to form an angle relative to the extending direction of the material lines, forming extensions from the angled end faces of the mask material, and patterning an underlying conductor by etching using said material lines and extension as a mask. In another embodiment, at least one conductive line is cut at an angle relative to the extending direction of the conductive line to produce an angled end face, and an electrical contact landing pad is formed in contact with the angled end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej Sandhu, Scott Sills
  • Patent number: 8289677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in a solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof; purifying the conductive polymer; and mixing the purified conductive polymer and an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a polyacid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Kobayakawa, Tomoki Nobuta, Naoki Takahashi, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshihiko Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8279582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension can be is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof, or a polyacid having a weight average molecular weight of less than 2,000 or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Nobuta, Ryuta Kobayakawa, Naoki Takahashi, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshihiko Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8263735
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8173270
    Abstract: A conducting polymer, the conducting polymer composition further including an ionomer, and an organic optoelectronic device including the conducting polymer or the composition are provided. The conducting polymer according to the embodiments of the present invention is a self-doped conducting polymer in which conducting polymer chains are grafted in a polyacid. The conducting polymer composition to the present invention is manufactured by blending the self-doped conducting polymer with an ionomer having a physical cross-linking property thereto, and thus they are homogeneously dissolved in water or organic solvents. The conducting polymer and the composition have a good film-forming property and can be easily blended with other organic polymers, and conductivity and a work function thereof is easily controlled according to the content of the ionomer. Also, optoelectronic devices including the conducting polymer composition have high efficiency and a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Lee, Jong-Jin Park, Joon-Yong Park, Mu-Gyeom Kim, Dal-Ho Huh
  • Patent number: 8154016
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition containing hetero arylene or arylene showing a p-type semiconductor property in addition to thiophene showing a p-type semiconductor property and thiazole rings showing a n-type semiconductor property at a polymer main chain, an organic semiconductor polymer containing the composition, an organic active layer containing the organic semiconductor polymer, an organic thin film transistor (OTFT) containing the organic active layer, an electronic device containing the OTFT, and a method of preparing the same. The composition of example embodiments, which is used in an organic semiconductor polymer and contains thiazole rings, may exhibit increased solubility to an organic solvent, coplanarity, processability and an improved thin film property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bang Lin Lee, Eun Kyung Lee, Joo Young Kim, Kook Min Han
  • Patent number: 8154013
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor comprises a semiconducting layer comprising a semiconducting material selected from Formula (I) or (II): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 a, b, and n are as described herein. Semiconducting compositions of Formula (I) or (II) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yuning Li, Yiliang Wu, Ping Liu, Paul F. Smith
  • Patent number: 8147986
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic electroluminescent device having at least an organic compound layer provided between a pair of electrodes. The organic electroluminescent device has at least a polymer comprising a metal complex containing a tri- or higher-dentate ligand in the polymer molecule. The metal complex preferably contains a tetra- or higher-dentate ligand in the polymer molecule. At least one of the ligands is preferably a chain. The metal complex preferably contains a transition metal ion or a rare earth metal ion. The metal complex preferably contains a nitrogen atom in its complex structure. Further, the polymer preferably contains the metal complex in its main chain or its side chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Okada
  • Patent number: 8142908
    Abstract: A polymer light emitting material which contains a polymer compound comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) or (2) and having a polystyrene-reduced number-average molecular weight of 103 to 108, and which exhibits light emission from the triplet excited state. [wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group. X1 and X2 each independently represent O, S, C(?O), S(?O), SO2, C(R1)(R2), Si(R3)(R4), N(R5), B(R6), P(R7) or P(?O)(R8). X1 and Ar2 bond to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar1; and X2 and Ar1 bond to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar2]; [wherein Ar3 and Ar4 each independently represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group. X3 and X4 each independently represent N, B, P, C(R9) or Si(R10). X3 and Ar4 bond to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar3; and X4 and Ar3 bond to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar4].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya Nakatani, Chizu Sekine, Satoshi Mikami, Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8137822
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyfluoroanthenes containing repeat units of general formula (I), said method consisting of the following steps: a) a monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is produced; b) optionally the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is converted into another monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIb; and c) the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa or IIb is polymerised, optionally together with at least one other comonomer. The invention also relates to polyfluoroanthenes that can be produced according to the inventive method, films, a light-emitting layer containing or consisting of at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing an inventive light-emitting layer, a device containing an inventive OLED, and the use of the inventive polyfluoroanthene emitter substances in OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Doetz, Simon Nord, Horst Weiss, Joachim Roesch
  • Patent number: 8084935
    Abstract: There are provided an organic electroluminescent (EL) element, which can realize the provision of a large screen by the formation of a film through coating in a simple and highly efficient manner, and a display panel using the same. The organic EL element comprises: a pair of opposed electrodes, a cathode and an anode; and an organic compound layer having a single-layer or multi-layer structure held between the pair of opposed electrodes, at least one layer constituting the organic compound layer being a layer containing at least one polymer comprising at least one monomer unit of a specific compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Masato Okada, Yoshinobu Kashibuchi, Tohru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110278560
    Abstract: A fluorene-based copolymer of formula I includes a monomeric unit that includes a fluorene group and at least one steric hindering chemical group to provide sufficient steric interaction such that the spatial conformation of the fluorene-based copolymer is substantially non-planar. The fluorene-based copolymer exhibits UV light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Chung Ching Yang
  • Patent number: 8049406
    Abstract: A light-emissive device comprising a light-emissive material provided between first and second electrodes such that charge carriers can move between the first and second electrodes and the light-emissive material, wherein the device includes a layer of a polymer blend provided between the first and second electrodes, phase separation of the polymers in the polymer blend having been induced in at least a portion of the polymer blend so as to control the propagation of light emitted by the light-emissive material in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited
    Inventors: J. Devin Mackenzie, Ana Claudia Arias, Richard Henry Friend, Wilhelm Huck
  • Patent number: 8012603
    Abstract: High-molecular compounds comprising repeating units represented by the general formula (1) or (2) and having number-average molecular weights of 103 to 108 in terms of polystyrene: (1) [wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; and X1 and X2 are each independently O, S, C(?O), S(?O), SO2, C(R1)(R2), Si(R3)(R4), N(R5), B(R6), P(R7), or P(?O)(R8), with the provisos that X1 and X2 must not be the same and that X1 and Ar2 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting the aromatic ring of Ar1, and X2 and Ar1 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting the aromatic ring of Ar2] (2) [wherein Ar3 and Ar4 are each independently a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; and X3 and X4 are each independently N, B, P, C(R9), or Si(R10), with the provisos that X3 and X4 must not be the same and that X3 and Ar4 are bonded respectively to the adjacent carbon atoms constituting t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Doi, Satoshi Kobayashi, Takanobu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7982212
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and a repeating unit of the following formula (2): (wherein, a ring A and ring B represent each independently an aromatic ring optionally having a substituent. X is —O—, —S—, —S(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —Si(R1)2—Si(R1)2—, —Si(R1)2—, —B(R1)—, —P(R1)—, —P(?O)(R1)—, —O—C(R1)2— or —N?C(R1)—, and R1 represents a substituent. When there are two or more R1s in the same formula, they may be the same or different.) (wherein, Y is —O—, —S— or —C(?O)—. Ar1 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent or a monovalent heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent, and there is no substituent connected to atoms of the ring of Ar1, the atoms being adjacent an atom of Ar1 connected to a nitrogen atom in the formula. R2 represents a substituent, and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3. When there are two or more R2s in the formula, they may be the same or different.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suzuki, Takanobu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7960500
    Abstract: Provided are a blue electroluminescent (EL) polymer, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic EL device including the polymer as a light emitting component, wherein an acridine derivative which can transport holes is introduced into a polymer backbone. The polymer is represented by Formula 1: The blue EL polymer has high color purity and color stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Park, Yu-Jin Kim, Jong-Jin Park, Jhun-Mo Son, Young-Mok Son
  • Patent number: 7939818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula (I) their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingo Heim, Bernd Tieke, Roman Lenz, Beat Schmidhalter, Aravinda Raman Rabindranath, Mathias Düggeli
  • Patent number: 7928433
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a semiconducting polymer of Formula (I): wherein X is independently selected from S, Se, O, and NR, wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and —CN; Ar is independently a conjugated divalent moiety; a is an integer from 1 to about 10; and n is an integer from 2 to about 5,000. The electronic device may be an organic thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Yuning Li
  • Patent number: 7928181
    Abstract: A semiconducting polymer of Formula (I): wherein X is independently selected from S, Se, O, and NR, wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and —CN; Ar is independently a conjugated divalent moiety; a is an integer from 1 to about 10; and n is an integer from 2 to about 5,000. The resulting semiconducting polymer is suitable for use in organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Yuning Li
  • Publication number: 20110033972
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first solid electrode on a substrate, a polyelectrolyte layer over a part of the first solid electrode, a second solid electrode on a portion of the polyelectrolyte layer, and an anchoring layer on the part of the first solid electrode. The polyelectrolyte layer is either chemically bonded to the anchoring layer or has a thickness of less than about 20 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksandr Sydorenko, Nikolai Zhitenev
  • Patent number: 7871714
    Abstract: A novel electroluminescent polymer is represented by the following formula. A film of the polymer represented by the following formula can be formed by electrolytic polymerization, and farther emits light in a different color by an electric field when a substituent thereof is changed. Therefore, a light-emitting device that is capable of multicolor displaying can be easily obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Takasu, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 7816669
    Abstract: A light emitting system includes a polymer mixture, and a plurality of nanocrystals occupying a predetermined portion of the polymer mixture. The polymer mixture includes at least two polymers that phase-segregate. Method(s) for controlling nanocrystal distribution within the light emitting device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Krzysztof Nauka
  • Patent number: 7800102
    Abstract: The organic TFT includes: a gate electrode; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode; an organic semiconductor layer insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the source and drain electrodes; an insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the source and drain electrodes and the organic semiconductor layer; and a self-assembly monolayer (SAM) included between the insulating layer and the organic semiconductor layer. A compound forming the SAM has at least one terminal group selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted C6-C30 aryl group and an unsubstituted or substituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group. The organic TFT is formed by forming the above-described layers and forming the SAM on the insulating layer before the organic semiconductor layer and source and drain electrodes are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Seong Park, Taek Ahn, Min-Chul Suh
  • Patent number: 7772360
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20100176376
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and a repeating unit of the following formula (2): (wherein, a ring A and ring B represent each independently an aromatic ring optionally having a substituent. X is —O—, —S—, —S(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —Si(R1)2—Si(R1)2—, —Si(R1)2—, —, —B(R1)—, —P(R1)—, —P(?O)(R1)—, —O—C(R1)2— or —N?C(R1)—, and R1 represents a substituent. When there are two or more R1s in the same formula, they may be the same or different.) (wherein, Y is —O—, —S— or —C(?O)—. Ar1 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent or a monovalent heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent, and there is no substituent connected to atoms of the ring of Ar1, the atoms being adjacent an atom of Ar1 connected to a nitrogen atom in the formula. R3 represents a substituent, and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3. When there are two or more R2s in the formula, they may be the same or different.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY , LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suzuki, Takanobu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7741635
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for an organic polymer gate insulating layer and an Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT) using the same. The composition includes an insulating organic polymer including at least one selected from the group consisting of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylalcohol (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), poly(vinyl phenol) (PVPh) and a copolymer thereof, a crosslinking monomer having two or more double bonds, and a photoinitiator. The OTFT includes a gate insulating layer of a semi-interpenetrating polymer network formed of the composition. The composition for a photoreactive organic polymer gate insulating layer has a photochemical characteristic that enables micropatterning, and can be formed into a layer having excellent chemical resistance, thermal resistance, surface characteristics and electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Hyun Kim, Sang Chul Lim, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Ho Youk, Tae Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 7737435
    Abstract: Example embodiments pertain to an organic semiconductor composition, in which low-molecular-weight oligomer compounds are distributed in the spaces of a polymer compound so that the free spaces of the organic semiconductor polymer compound are filled with the low-molecular-weight oligomer compounds upon the formation of an organic semiconductor thin film, thereby increasing ?-? stacking effects, and to an organic semiconductor thin film using the same and an organic electronic device employing the thin film. Using the organic semiconductor composition according to example embodiments, a semiconductor thin film and an organic electronic device having improved electrical properties may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Seok Hahn, Tae-Sang Kim, Bang-Lin Lee, Sang-Yoon Lee, Eun Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 7701129
    Abstract: A polymeric fluorescent substance exhibiting fluorescence in the solid state, having a polystyrene reduced number-average molecular weight of 1×103 to 1×108, and comprising one or more repeating units of formula (1) and one or more repeating units of formula (8), —Ar1—(CR1?CR2)n—??(1) —Ar2—(CR36?CR37)n—??(8) wherein Ar1 represents a specific arylene or a divalent heterocyclic compound group, and Ar2 represent an arylene or a divalent heterocyclic compound group other than Ar1. By using the polymeric fluorescent substance, a high performance polymer LED can easily be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Doi, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Takahiro Ueoka, Shigeru Sasaki, Takanobu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7691493
    Abstract: A main chain-type or side chain-type polymeric compound having a structure wherein at least one metal complex segment having a plurality ligands is introduced into a main chain or a side chain is provided. In the case where the polymeric compound is the main chain-type polymeric compound, the metal complex segment has at least one ligand constituting a polymer main chain of the polymeric compound and having a carbon atom and oxygen atom bonded to a metal atom. On the other hand, in the case where the polymeric compound is the side chain-type polymeric compound, a polymer main chain thereof has a conjugated structure, preferably a conjugated double bond. A ligand for the polymeric compound includes a chain or cyclic ligand, of which a bidentate ligand having an organic cyclic structure is preferred, and the ligand has at least one carbon atom or oxygen atom and is bonded to a center metal atom, preferably iridium, via the carbon atom or oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Kamatani, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Satoshi Igawa
  • Patent number: 7671272
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a material, and a solid electrolyte and a photovoltaic device using the same. When the material is used as a hole transporting layer material of the photovoltaic device, the reduction of an electrolytic layer resulting from leakage or volatilization of an electrolytic solution is prevented, thus the battery characteristics, long-term stability, and reliability of the photovoltaic device are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Hee Sohn, Sang Cheol Park, Jung Gyu Nam
  • Publication number: 20090218564
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an alternating copolymer of phenylene vinylene and biarylene vinylene, a preparation method thereof, and an organic thin film transistor including the same. The organic thin film transistor maintains low off-state leakage current and realizes a high on/off current ratio and high charge mobility because the organic active layer thereof is formed of an alternating copolymer of phenylene vinylene and biarylene vinylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jong II Park, Kook Min Han, Sang Yoon Lee, Eun Jeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 7569287
    Abstract: A blue electroluminescent polymer having a phenoxazine-based unit in a polyarylene backbone and an organic electroluminescent device using the polymer. The organic electroluminescent device has improved luminous efficiency and color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jhun-Mo Son, Tae-Yong Noh, Sang-Hoon Park, Joon-Yong Park, Tae-Woo Lee, Yu-Jin Kim, In-Nam Kang
  • Patent number: 7550207
    Abstract: A blue-emitting polymer in which a bisindenospirofluorene unit is incorporated in a polyarylene polymer backbone, and an organic EL device using the blue-emitting polymer as a light-emitting material. One example of the blue-emitting polymer may be represented by Formula 1: where Ar, R1 through R14, X1 and X2, M and n are defined in the specification. The organic EL device exhibits excellent emission efficiency, low turn-on voltage, good color stability and color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hee Sohn, Woon-Jung Paek, In-Nam Kang
  • Patent number: 7524567
    Abstract: A spirofluorene-based polymer which contains a spirofluorene structure as a basic unit and which is end-capped with functional moieties substituted by fluorine, and an organic electroluminescent device using an organic layer using the spirofluorene-based polymer. The organic electroluminescent device has improved efficiency, reduced driving voltage, and excellent thermal, optical and electrical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Park, Tae-Yong Noh, Sang-Yeol Kim, Lyong-Sun Pu, Soo-Hyoung Lee, In-Nam Kang, Jhun-Mo Son
  • Patent number: 7524922
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel poly(benzodithiophenes), their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices, for example, liquid crystal displays, optical films, organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Clare Bailey, Steven Tierney, Weimin Zhang, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 7525129
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting display of high light-emitting efficiency. The organic light-emitting element comprising a board, upper electrode, lower electrode, a plurality of light-emitting units placed between the upper and lower electrodes, and a charge-generating layer placed between a plurality of the light-emitting units, wherein one of the light-emitting units has a layer for emitting monochromatic light and one of the light-emitting units has a layer for emitting polychromatic light, the former unit having an equivalent or lower light-emitting efficiency than the latter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Masuda, Shingo Ishihara, Sukekazu Aratani, Masaya Adachi