Universal Display Corporation
HOST MATERIALS FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES

Abstract:

A compound of Formula I ##STR00001## wherein at least one of R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 includes a polycyclic group selected from the group consisting of Formula A, Formula B, and Formula C: ##STR00002## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 are independently CR.sup.A or N; X.sup.5, X.sup.6, X.sup.7, and X.sup.8 are independently CR.sup.B or N; X.sup.9, X.sup.10, X.sup.11, and X.sup.12 are independently CR.sup.C or N; X.sup.13, X.sup.14, X.sup.15, and X.sup.16 are independently CR.sup.D or N; X.sup.17, X.sup.18, X.sup.19, and X.sup.20 are independently CR.sup.E or N; X.sup.21, X.sup.22, X.sup.23, and X.sup.24 are independently CR.sup.F or N; X.sup.25, X.sup.26, X.sup.27, and X.sup.28 are independently CR.sup.G or N; X.sup.29, X.sup.30, X.sup.31, and X.sup.32 are independently CR.sup.H or N; Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, and CRR'; the maximum number of N atoms that can connect to each other within each ring is two; with the proviso that R.sup.1 does not connect to ring B, and R.sup.2 does not connect to ring A, and wherein at least one of R.sup.C and R.sup.D of Formula A is a direct bond or an organic linker, one of R.sup.E and R.sup.F of Formula B is a direct bond or an organic linker, or one of R.sup.G, R.sup.H, and R.sup.N of Formula C is a direct bond or an organic linker.