A polycyclic aromatic compound represented by Formula (1) is provided by the invention:

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wherein A.sup.11 ring, A.sup.21 ring, A.sup.31 ring, B.sup.11 ring, B.sup.21 ring, C.sup.11 ring, and C.sup.31 ring are an aryl or heteroaryl ring which may be substituted, Y.sup.11, Y.sup.21, Y.sup.31 are B or the like, X.sup.11, X.sup.12, X.sup.21, X.sup.22, X.sup.31, X.sup.32 are >O or >N—R, R in the above >N—R is an and which may be substituted or the like, R in the above >N—R or the like may be bonded to A.sup.11 ring, A.sup.21 ring, A.sup.31 ring, B.sup.11 ring, B.sup.21 ring, C.sup.11 ring, and/or C.sup.31 ring by a linking group or a single bond; and at least one hydrogen in the compound represented by Formula (1) may be replaced with deuterium, cyano, or a halogen.

A light-emitting device having an anode, a cathode, a first organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a second organic layer disposed between the anode and the first organic layer and adjacent to the first organic layer is provided. The first organic layer contains a phosphorescent compound of formula (1), and the second organic layer contains a crosslinked body formed from a polymer compound having a crosslinkable group in which the average number of the crosslinkable groups in the polymer compound per molecular weight of 1000 is at least 0.5.

A family of carboxylic acid groups containing fluorene/fluorenon copolymers is disclosed as binders of silicon particles in the fabrication of negative electrodes for use with lithium ion batteries. Triethyleneoxide side chains provide improved adhesion to materials such as, graphite, silicon, silicon alloy, tin, tin alloy. These binders enable the use of silicon as an electrode material as they significantly improve the cycle-ability of silicon by preventing electrode degradation over time. In particular, these polymers, which become conductive on first charge, bind to the silicon particles of the electrode, are flexible so as to better accommodate the expansion and contraction of the electrode during charge/discharge, and being conductive promote the flow battery current.

Composition for use in an organic light-emitting device, the composition having a fluorescent light-emitting material and a triplet-accepting material subject to the following energetic scheme: 2×T.sub.1A>S.sub.1A>S.sub.1E, or T.sub.1A+T.sub.1E>S.sub.1A>S.sub.1E in which: T1A represents a triplet excited state energy level of the triplet-accepting material; TIE represents a triplet excited state energy level of the light-emitting material; S.sub.1A represents a singlet excited state energy level of the triplet-accepting material; and S.sub.1E represents a singlet excited state energy level of the light-emitting material; and in which light emitted by the composition upon excitation includes delayed fluorescence.

The organic semiconductor polymers relates to the synthesis of a carbazole-based ladder polymer. The synthesis of the ladder polymer includes forming a precursor conjugated polymer by Suzuki step growth polymerization of 2,7-dibromocarbazole with 1,4-dibromo-2,5-divinylbenzene, followed by end capping with 2-bromostyrene and 2-vinyl-phenylboronic acid. Then, the pendent vinyl groups are closed by ring-closing olefin metathesis to obtain the ladder polymer.

A method of forming a void, channel and/or vascular network in a polymeric matrix comprises providing a pre-vascularized structure that includes a matrix material and a sacrificial material embedded in the matrix material in a predetermined pattern, where the matrix material comprises a monomer and the sacrificial material comprises a polymer. A region of the matrix material is activated to initiate an exothermic polymerization reaction and generate a self-propagating polymerization front. As the polymerization front propagates through the matrix material and polymerizes the monomer, heat from the exothermic reaction simultaneously degrades the sacrificial material into a gas-phase and/or liquid-phase byproduct. Thus, one or more voids or channels having the predetermined pattern are rapidly formed in the matrix material.

Disclosed are a polymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, an organic layer composition including the polymer, and a method of forming patterns using the organic layer composition. ##STR00001## The Chemical Formulae 1 and 2 are the same as defined in the specification.

This invention provides a resin composition for preparing an allylphenol-maleimide copolymer used for a protective film for an electronic component including: (A) an allyl group-containing phenol compound having a rigid structure; (B) an N-aromatic maleimide group-containing compound having a rigid structure; and (C) an N-aliphatic maleimide group-containing compound having a flexible structure.

A light emitting device having an anode, a cathode, a first layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a second layer disposed between the anode and the first layer is provided. The second layer is a layer containing a crosslinked product of a polymer compound having a crosslinkable group. At least one of the first layer and the second layer contains a compound represented by the formula (T-1):

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The present disclosure provides for the development and applications of monomeric, oligomeric and/or polymeric semiconductor materials comprising a five-membered heteroaromatic unit (e.g., thiophene; furan; selenophene; etc.) that includes an acrylyl or an acrylyl-like (—C═C—CO—) side chain. The semiconductor materials can be used as organic semiconductors for use in electronic, optical, or optoelectronic devices such as organic thin film transistors and organic photovoltaics. The disclosed semiconductor materials (e.g., semiconducting polymer compounds) can be used as high performance semiconductors (e.g., for organic solar cells or organic photovoltaics (OPVs)), and the disclosed semiconductor materials can be used for other devices (e.g., organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and sensors, etc.).