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Publication number: 20100155649Abstract: Molecule-based magnetic polymers with high Curie temperature and methods of preparing are provided. In particular, magnetic polymers having repeating units of an electron-donor metallocene-containing monomer covalently bonded to an electron-acceptor monomer having a plurality of unpaired electrons are disclosed. Intrinsically homogeneous magnetic fluids (liquid magnets) and methods of preparing are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRONInventors: Chang Dae Han, Wenyi Huang
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Publication number: 20100148385Abstract: A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending fluid. A second, similar electrophoretic medium comprises a suspending fluid, and first and second types of electrically charged particle suspended in the suspending fluid, the two types of particle having differing optical characteristics but both having polymeric shells. The polymeric shells are arranged such that homoaggregation of the two types of particles is thermodynamically favored over heteroaggregation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: E INK CORPORATIONInventors: Suzanne Balko, Alberto Goenaga, Peter J. Valianatos, Charles H. Honeyman, Elizabeth M. Gates, Matthew A. King
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Patent number: 7736757Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, Naoko Ito, Koro Shirane, Takashi Igarashi, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Motoaki Kamachi
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Publication number: 20100133992Abstract: Provided are compounds containing a phosphorescence unit, an emitting polymer, and an organic light emitting device (OLED) containing an organic layer including the emitting polymer. The OLED is useful in portable electronic equipment where low power consumption and low driving voltage are desirable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hye-yeon YANG, Jhun-mo SON, Won-jae JOO
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Publication number: 20100136769Abstract: Germanium-based polymers are described. In one embodiment, a germanium-based polymer includes a structure given by the formula: [GeR]n, wherein n is a non-negative integer that is at least one, and R is selected from a wide variety of groups, such as alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkynyl groups, aryl groups, iminyl groups, and so forth. Also described are methods of forming germanium-based polymers, methods of forming nanoparticles from germanium-based polymers, methods of forming nanostructured materials from germanium-based polymers, nanoparticles formed from germanium-based polymers, nanostructured materials formed from germanium-based polymers, and devices formed from germanium-based polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: MAJID KESHAVARZ, Guojun Liu
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Patent number: 7718087Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one novel polymeric organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions of the present invention are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”. The novel organic iridium compositions are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel organic iridium compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
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Patent number: 7718277Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymeric organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymeric organic iridium compositions employed comprise a polymeric organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the polymeric organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
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Publication number: 20100113639Abstract: The present invention relates to initiators of the general formula {[M(L)a]Xb}n, wherein said initiators preferably have (SbF6?) as a counterion and are obtainable by a complexing reaction of a corresponding metal-SbF6 salt with a corresponding ligand (L). The present invention further relates to preparations and epoxy resin systems that contain such initiators and, in particular, are non-thermally and/or thermally curable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Manfred Döring, Ulrich Arnold, Marcel Roth, Emilie Barriau, Ulrike Schmidt-Freytag, Volker Alstädt, Felipe Wolff Fabris, Jan Sandler
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Patent number: 7705528Abstract: A halogenated aromatic monomer-metal complex useful for preparing a polymer for electronic devices such as a light-emitting diode (LED) device is described. The aromatic monomer-metal complex is designed to include a linking group that disrupts conjugation, thereby advantageously reducing or preventing electron delocalization between the aromatic monomer fragment and the metal complex fragment. Disruption of conjugation is often desirable to preserve the phosphorescent emission properties of the metal complex in a polymer formed from the aromatic monomer-metal complex. The resultant conjugated electroluminescent polymer has precisely controlled metal complexation and electronic properties that are substantially or completely independent of those of the polymer backbone.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Wanglin Yu, James J. O'Brien
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Patent number: 7691493Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Kamatani, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Satoshi Igawa
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Publication number: 20100069598Abstract: Cyclic esters are polymerized in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Group 4 transition metal hydride. The method is capable of producing high molecular weight polyesters with low polydispersities. These high molecular weight polyesters exhibit improved mechanical properties and are useful in a variety of product applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Alexandru Dragos Asandei
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Publication number: 20100041851Abstract: Heteroelement siloxane polymers are described. The heteroelement siloxane polymers can have linear structure, cyclic structure, branched structure, and three-dimensional network structure and combinations thereof. The heterosiloxane polymers can be cured using curing chemistry derived from thermoset organosilicon polymers, and gels, coatings, plaques, parts and other useful articles can be prepared.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATIONInventors: Dimitris Elias Katsoulis, Mark Jon Loboda, Elizabeth Mc Quiston, Luisel Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20100028576Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a polyester composition which can be obtained by polycondensation of a dicarboxylic acid or ester-forming derivative thereof and a diol or ester-forming derivative thereof in presence of a polycondensation catalyst, in which a polyester having a good color tone can be obtained by adding a specific phosphorus compound after a polycondensation catalyst is added and pressure reduction in polymerization reactor is started and before the polycondensation of the polyester is substantially completed, and at a time in which the polyester reaches 75% or more of the intrinsic viscosity to be finally reached in said polymerization reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Gen Hayashi, Kunihiro Morimoto, Tomio Kawaji, Masatoshi Aoyama
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Publication number: 20100019669Abstract: Disclosed is a metal complex represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, M represents a metal atom; R1-R8 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a monovalent group; or alternatively R3 and R4, or R5 and R6 may combine together to form a ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Rei Okamura
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Patent number: 7649069Abstract: Free radical living polymerization attached nanocluster (metal oxide, e.g., gamma-Fe2O3 or FeO nanocluster or quantum dot (e.g., CdSe) nanocluster, are used for polymerization of polymer or copolymer to provide nanocomposite polymers or copolymer arms around nanoclusters.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Dotsevi Y. Sogah, Sarav B. Jhaveri
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Patent number: 7635527Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, Naoko Ito, Koro Shirane, Takeshi Igarashi, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Motoaki Kamachi
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Publication number: 20090264611Abstract: Polybutylene terephthalate has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.7 to 1.0 dL/g and an end carboxyl group concentration of 0.1 to 18 ?eq/g, which is produced in a presence of a catalyst comprising a titanium compound and a metal compound containing a metal of Group 2A of the Periodic Table. In the preferable embodiment of the present invention, the polybutylene terephthalate has a crystallization temperature of 170 to 195° C. as measured at a temperature drop rate of 20° C./min using a differential scanning calorimeter, an end vinyl group concentration of not more than 10 ?eq/g, and not more than 10% of a solution haze of a solution prepared by dissolving 2.7 g of said polybutylene terephthalate in 20 mL of a mixed solvent containing phenol and tetrachloroethane at a weight ratio of 3:2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Toshiyuki Hamano, Masanori Yamamoto, Shinichiro Matsuzono, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20090263656Abstract: The invention disclosed herein provides an organic-inorganic hybrid structure having nanoparticles attached to the surface thereof, wherein the structure comprises a self-assembled structure of a coordination polymer, which includes a metal-organic ligand complex, as well as a preparation method thereof. According to the invention, through the use of the self-assembly phenomenon of coordination polymer and the use of nanoparticles having a surface component, which is the same as or similar to that of the surface of the coordination polymer, an organic-inorganic hybrid structure, which has nanoparticles attached to the surface of a self-assembled structure of coordination polymer, can be prepared in a relatively simple process without needing several steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Byung-Joon Chae, Sung-Ho Yoon
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Publication number: 20090253875Abstract: A rare earth metal complex represented by the formula (1): in which A represents a Group 14 element of the periodic table, Cp represents a group having a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl anion moiety, Ln represents a Group 3 metal atom or a lanthanoid metal atom, R1 to R6 are the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, a silyl group substituted with a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R7 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, Xs represent a monoanionic ligand, Ys represent a neutral ligand, m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3. The rare earth metal complex is useful as, for example, a catalyst for polymerization reaction of olefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Taichi Senda, Hidenori Hanaoka
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Publication number: 20090233017Abstract: The present invention relates to an inkjet recording element having outstanding dye keeping properties in time. Said recording element comprises at least one molecular imprinted polymer having sites of selective recognition of dye molecules corresponding to the dye molecules used in inks for inkjet printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Gerard A. Friour, Olivier J. Poncelet, Karsten O. Haupt, Laurence G. Poul
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Publication number: 20090221762Abstract: The invention concerns compounds, oligomers, and polymers that contain: (I), (II), (III), or (IV) groups; where “-” indicates points of attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: THE TRUSSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Michael J. Therien, Kimihiro Susumu
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Patent number: 7582363Abstract: The present invention provides an organic polymer light-emitting element material having a gold complex structure as a part of the side chain or crosslinking group as represented by formulae (5) and (8) and an organic polymer light-emitting element comprising layer(s) comprising the organic polymer light-emitting element material. The present invention provides a polymer-based phosphorescent material useful for a multicolor or white light-emitting organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and capable of large-area formation and mass production.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Isamu Taguchi, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20090186960Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerizable composition which is characterized in that it contains at least one filler that is surface-functionalized with groups of formula (I), wherein groups of formula (I) (A)a-Z-Y—R2—SiR13?m—(O—)m ??(I), are bonded to the filler via at least one oxygen atom that is bound to the silicon atom of the group of formula (I). The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the composition according to the invention and its use in particular as a dental material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AGInventors: Norbert MOSZNER, Jorg ANGERMANN, Simone KLAPDOHR
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Publication number: 20090165846Abstract: The present invention relates to light emitting compounds, especially to triplett emitters suitable for electrooptical applications. Compounds according to the invention are organometallic complexes of a metal, preferably Ir, having a backbone of one five-membered ring that is linked to a five- or six-membered ring, by an intermediate six-membered ring. These compounds are suitable for adaptation to the emission of light in the UV to NIR range by adaptation of atoms or groups within at least one of the five-membered or six-membered ring structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicants: UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG, BASF SEInventors: Hans-Hermann Johannes, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Sven Ammermann, Michael Kroener, Ute Jana Weinaug
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Publication number: 20090171054Abstract: A homopolymer having a monomer unit such as an isopropylidene diallylmalonate unit; a process for producing said homopolymer comprising the step of homopolymerising a monomer such as isopropylidene diallylmalonate; a copolymer containing said monomer unit and an ethylene unit and/or ?-olefin unit; and a process for producing said copolymer comprising the step of copolymerizing a monomer such as isopropylidene diallylmalonate with at least ethylene and/or an ?-olefin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Kohtaro Osakada, Daisuke Takeuchi, Sehoon Park, Masayuki Fujita, Wataru Hirahata
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Publication number: 20090148675Abstract: The methods and apparatus disclosed herein concern nanoparticle layers uniformly distributed on a surface or substrate. In certain embodiments of the invention, the nanoparticle layers are of use for Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments of the invention, a micelle-metal ion complex is formed and deposited on a surface. The polymer component of the micelle-metal ion complex may be removed resulting in formation of nanoparticles of a uniform size and distribution. The polymers may contain one or more ligands. The number and type of ligands in a micelle will determine the type and amount of metal ion bound to the micelle, in turn determining the metal composition and size of the nanoparticles. The distribution micelle-metal ion complexes on a surface may determine the distribution and periodicity of the nanoparticle layer. In other embodiments, rod or columnar-shaped nanoparticles may be generated. Other embodiments concern the generation of uniform alloy nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2009Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventor: Lei Sun
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Publication number: 20090137059Abstract: A method for detecting an analyze that may be present in ambient air, bound to a surface or as part of complex aqueous media that includes providing a metallole-containing polymer or copolymer, exposing the polymer or copolymer to a suspected analyze or a system suspected of including the analyze, and measuring a quenching of photoluminescence of the metallole-containing polymer or copolymer exposed to the system. Also included is a solid state inorganic-organic polymer sensor for detecting nitroaromatic compounds that includes a substrate and a thin film of a metallole-containing polymer or copolymer deposited on said substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: William C. Trogler, Sara A. Urbas, Sarah J. Toal, Jason Sanchez
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Publication number: 20090130768Abstract: This application relates to vaprochromic coordination polymers useful for analyte detection. The vapochromism may be observed by visible color changes, changes in luminescence, and/or spectroscopic changes in the infrared (IR) signature. One or more of the above chromatic changes may be relied upon to identify a specific analyte, such as a volatile organic compound or a gas. The chromatic changes may be reversible to allow for successive analysis of different analytes using the same polymer. The polymer has the general formula MW[M?X(Z)Y]N wherein M and M? are the same or different metals capable of forming a coordinate complex with the Z moiety; Z is selected from the group consisting of halides, pseudohalides, thiolates, alkoxides and amides; W is between 1-6; X and Y are between 1-9; and N is between 1-5. Optionally, an organic ligand may be bound to M. In alternative embodiments of the invention M may be a transition metal, such as Cu and Zn.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITYInventors: Julie LEFEBVRE, Michael Iacov KATZ, Daniel B. LEZNOFF
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Publication number: 20090124780Abstract: Fabrication and arrangement of nanoparticles into one-dimensional linear chains is achieved by successive chemical reactions, each reaction adding one or more nanoparticles by building onto exposed, unprotected linker functionalities. Optionally, protecting groups may be used to control and organize growth. Nanoparticle spheres are functionalized in a controlled manner in order to enable covalent linkages. Functionalization of nanoparticles is accomplished by either ligand exchange or chemical modification of the terminal functional groups of the capping ligand. Nanoparticle chains are obtained by a variety of connectivity modes such as direct coupling, use of linker molecules, and use of linear polymeric templates. In particular, a versatile building block system is obtained through controlled monofunctionalization of nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Joseph M. Jacobson, David W. Mosley, Kie-Moon Sung
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Publication number: 20090118453Abstract: The present invention describes novel metal complexes. Compounds of this type can be employed as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense. The compounds according to the invention are described by the formulae (1) and (1a).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventor: Jochen Schwaiger
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Publication number: 20090096353Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting polymer material comprising a (co)polymer comprising a structural unit derived from an iridium complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents an atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an amino group which may be substituted with an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a silyl group; X1 represents a polymerizable functional group-containing substituent; and A1 to A3 each independently represents a divalent substituent having a cyclic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Tetsuhiko Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20090076208Abstract: A polymerizable composition including a compound represented by the following formula (1) and elemental sulfur. (In the following formula (1), M represents a metal atom; X1 and X2 each independently represent a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; R1 represents a divalent organic group; m represents an integer of 0 or 1 or more; p represents an integer of 1 or more and n or less; n represents the valency of the metal atom M; Y each independently represent an inorganic or organic residue; and when n?p is 2 or more, Y's may bind to each other to form a ring containing the metal atom M.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Shinichi Usugi, Mitsuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Naruse
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Publication number: 20090062498Abstract: A linking ligand compound includes three bidentate chemical moieties distributed about a central chemical moiety. Another linking ligand compound includes a bidentate linking ligand and a monodentate chemical moiety. Coordination polymers include a plurality of metal clusters linked together by residues of the linking ligand compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Adam J. Matzger, Antek G. Wong-Foy, Olivier Lebel
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Publication number: 20090045725Abstract: A high-molecular compound, characterized by containing a chain consisting of repeating units represented by the general formula (1) and having an average number of repeating units constituting the chain of 3 or above and a ratio of bonds formed between the head and the tail to all the bonds formed between repeating units of 85% or above: (1) wherein Ar1 is a divalent aromatic group whose aromatic ring is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; R1 is a substituent on Ar1; n is an integer of 0 to 30; when n is 2 or above, plural R1's may be the same or different from each other, when the carbon atoms of a repeating unit of the general formula (1) are numbered as a divalent group according to Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry by IUPAC, between the two carbon atoms having free valencies, the carbon atom with a smaller number is defined as the head and the carbon atom with a larger number is defined as the tail; and no repeating unit of the general formula (1) has a two-fold axis of symmetry intersecting the straight line jType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Akihiko Okada, Takeshi Yamada, Kazuei Ohuchi, Hideyuki Higashimura, Nozomi Kogure
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Publication number: 20090048414Abstract: A composition of matter for a polymeric material for magnetic coupling through strong hydrogen bonds. A hydrogen bound structural directing entity, such as the bifluoride ion, HF2?, or coordination polymers incorporating strong OH...F type interactions can be used to manufacture organic polymers which allow, via strong hydrogen bonds, the bridging across polymeric magnetic layers to couple spin-polarized electrons to the conduction band, in order to enable control of the electron spin state for spintronic applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: John A. Schlueter, Jamie L. Manson
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Publication number: 20090048415Abstract: The present invention describes novel metal complexes. Compounds of this type can be employed as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense, in particular as red-emitting compounds. The compounds according to the invention are described by the formulae (1) (1a), (1b) and (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Arne Buesing, Rocco Fortte, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil, Amir Parham
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Publication number: 20090012253Abstract: A PBI compound includes imidazole nitrogens at least a portion of which are substituted with an organic-inorganic hybrid moiety. At least 85% of the imidazole nitrogens may be substituted. The organic-inorganic hybrid moiety may be an organosilane moiety, for example, (R)Me2SiCH2— where R is selected from among methyl, phenyl, vinyl, and allyl. The PBI compound may exhibit similar thermal properties in comparison to the unsubstituted PBI. The PBI compound may exhibit a solubility in an organic solvent greater than the solubility of the unsubstituted PBI. The PBI compound may be included in separatory media. A substituted PBI synthesis method may include providing a parent PBI in a less than 5 wt % solvent solution. Substituting may occur at about room temperature and/or at about atmospheric pressure. Substituting may use at least 5 equivalents in relation to the imidazole nitrogens to be substituted or, preferably, about 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: John R. Klaehn, Eric S. Peterson, Alan K. Wertsching, Christopher J. Orme, Thomas A. Luther, Michael G. Jones
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Publication number: 20090012254Abstract: Ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds that are stable in the presence of a variety of functional groups and can be used to catalyze olefin metathesis reactions on unstrained cyclic and acyclic olefins are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the carbene compounds. The carbene compounds are of the formula where M is Os or Ru; R1 is hydrogen; R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted aryl; X and X1 are independently selected from any anionic ligand; and L and L1 are independently selected from any neutral electron donor. The ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds of the present invention may be synthesized using diazo compounds, by neutral electron donor ligand exchange, by cross metathesis, using acetylene, using cumulated olefins, and in a one-pot method using diazo compounds and neutral electron donors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Robert H. GRUBBS, Peter SCHWAB, Sonbinh T. NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20080312396Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the preparation of homoleptic and heteroleptic tris-ortho-metallated metal compounds which are used as colouring components as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Rocco Fortte, Amir Parham, Esther Breuning, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
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Publication number: 20080303418Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moisture-reactive composition having a moisture-reactive polysiloxane having a main chain and one or more side chains, wherein the main chain and/or the one or more side chains has a group represented by the formula: —MXmYn; and wherein M is selected from the group consisting of a multivalent metal atom, B, and P?O; X is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy group; Y is a substituted or nonsubstituted alkoxy, siloxy, carboxyl, or diketolate group; m is from 1 to 3; and n is from 0 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Jun Fujita, Takashi Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20080262184Abstract: The present invention provides polymer derived from a monomer of formula I and a polymerizable phosphorescent organometallic compound of formula L?2MZ?, wherein R1 is H or CH3; R2 is H or C1-C5 alkyl; R3 is H or CH3; R4 and R5 are independently H, CH3, t-butyl, triarylsilyl, trialkylsilyl, diphenyl phosphine oxide, or diphenyl phosphine sulfide; m ranges from 1 to about 20; n ranges from 1 to about 20; L? and Z? are independently bidentate ligands; at least one of L? and Z? comprises at least one substituent selected from C2-20 alkenyl, C2-20 alkynyl, C2-20 substituted alkenyl, C2-20 substituted alkynyl, C2-20 alkenyloxy, C2-20 alkynyloxy, styryl, acryloyl, and methacryloyl; and M is Ga, Al, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Lu, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Lr, Rf, Db, Sg, Bbh, Hs, Mt, Ds, Rg, Uub, Eu, Tb, La, Po, or a combination thereof. The polymers of the invention are useful as light emissive layers in light emitting devices. Thus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Qing Ye, Jie Liu, Kyle Erik Litz
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Publication number: 20080262183Abstract: Dithienopyrrole-containing copolymers, and organic semiconductors formed therefrom, used as p-type and donor compounds in semiconductors for organic photovoltaic (OPV) applications, such as solar cells or transistors, such as organic field effect transistors (OFET). Organic semiconductors formed herein have a low bandgap and high absorbance, increasing the efficiency of a transistor or a solar cell. Such dithienopyrrole-containing copolymers also have excellent hole-conductivity which may be even further improved through oxidation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Lutz Uwe Lehmann
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Publication number: 20080249275Abstract: Nanoscopic metallized and nonmetallized nanoscopic silicon containing agents including polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and polyhedral oligomeric silicate provide radiation absorption and in situ formation of nanoscopic glass layers on material surfaces. These property improvements are useful in space-survivable materials, microelectronic packaging, and radiation absorptive paints, coatings and molded articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Joseph D. Lichtenhan, Xuan Fu, Paul Wheeler
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Patent number: 7433118Abstract: Bridged polysesquioxane compositions comprising: a bridged polysesquioxane host matrix comprising sesquioxane moieties and organic moieties, the sesquioxane moieties comprising a metallic element, the organic moieties interposed between sesquioxane moieties; and a guest molecule comprising a lanthanide atom; at least some of the organic moieties comprising a substituent selected from the group consisting of electron withdrawing functional groups and electron donating functional groups. Processes for making such bridged polysesquioxane compositions. Gain media and active materials for upconversion lasers comprising such bridged polysesquioxane compositions. Light can be amplified by fluorescence emissions from the bridged polysesquioxane compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventor: Ralph E. Taylor-Smith
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Publication number: 20080233429Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and which is useful as a light emitting material or charge transporting material and excellent in heat resistance, fluorescent intensity and the like: (wherein, ring A and ring B represent each independently an aromatic hydrocarbon ring optionally having a substituent, at least one of ring A and ring B is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring composed of a plurality of condensed benzene rings, Rw and Rx represent each independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group or the like, and Rw and Rx may mutually bond to form a ring).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2004Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Jun Oguma, Kazuei Ohuchi, Takahiro Ueoka, Akiko Nakazono, Kiyotoshi Iimura, Katsumi Agata, Takeshi Yamada, Osamu Goto, Satoshi Kobayashi, Akihiko Okada
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Publication number: 20080177020Abstract: A non-metallocene organometallic complex comprising a tridentate ligand and a metal bonded to a tridentate ligand, wherein two substituted aryl groups in the tridentate ligand are connected to a cyclic group at the ortho position via semi-rigid ring-ring linkages, and selected so to provide the resulting non-metallocene organometallic complex with a CS geometry, a C1 geometry, a C2 geometry or a C2v geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Theodor Agapie, Suzanne Rose Golisz, Daniel Tofan, John E. Bercaw
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Publication number: 20080177084Abstract: Disclosed are a monomer of iridium complex having a fluoro group as a functional group, a monomer of carbazole derivative having a hydroxy group as the functional group, and a copolymer containing the monomers in its main chain. The iridium complex used as a phosphorescent material and the carbazole derivative having an excellent hole transporting capability are synthesized as the monomer to form the copolymer. The content of iridium complex is easily controlled, and the carbazole derivative and iridium complex are contained in the main chain during the copolymer formation, thereby capable of manufacturing a light emitting device with higher heat resistance and chemical stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jae-Suk Lee, Nam-Goo Kang, Hyo-jin Jeon
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Publication number: 20080169756Abstract: A light emitting polymer includes a phosphorescence unit and a fluorescence unit. An organic light emitting device includes the light emitting polymer. The light emitting polymer can emit light of two or more colors according to a phosphorescent and fluorescent mechanisms, and thus the organic light emitting device including the light emitting polymer can have long lifetime, high brightness and excellent efficiency, and emit white light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Jhun-Mo Son, Young-Hun Byun, Yu-Jin Kim, O-Hyun Kwon, Young-Mok Son
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Patent number: 7396598Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, Naoko Ito, Koro Shirane, Takeshi Igarashi, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Motoaki Kamachi
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Patent number: 7393560Abstract: Organo-tin compound having the formula I: [R—(Y)a]b—SnX4-b wherein R stands for a polycyclic hydrocarbyl residue which optionally carries one or several substituents; Y stands for a bivalent linker group; X represents a hydrolysable group; a is an integer 0 or 1; and b is an integer 1 or 2. The preferably stands for an unsubstituted or substituted fused hydrocarbon ring system selected from naphthalene, antracene, phenanthrene, and pentacene. The novel compounds are useful for producing polymers which can be employed as thin film materials in optoelectronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Braggone OYInventors: Milja Hannu-Kuure, Ari Kärkkäinen