Universal Display Corporation
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices

Abstract:

This invention relates to the development of heterocyclic materials for use as red, green, and blue phosphorescent materials in OLED devices. The materials are based in part on a pair of aromatic or psuedoaromatic rings bonded to one another and complexed to a transition metal. Azaborinane, borazine, and related aromatic structures including boron may be incorporated as fused rings, as pendant groups, or as bridging groups to tune color and improve chemical stability. Desirable structures may be selected by being determined computationally to have appropriate triplet energies for use as blue emitters and to possess sufficient chemical stability for use in devices.