An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1:

M(L.sub.1).sub.n1(L.sub.2).sub.n2  Formula 1

wherein, M is a transition metal, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are ligands as provided herein, n1 and n2 are each independently 1 or 2, the sum of n1 and n2 is 2 or 3, and L.sub.1 is different from L.sub.2.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a compound having a metal planar tetradentate coordination configuration is disclosed. In the compounds, the metal M is Pt or Pd; the four coordinating atoms are Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4 and are each selected from N, C, and O. The compound includes a substituent R, and atoms M, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4 are used to define a first plane that passes through the metal M and is positioned to have a minimum sum of shortest distances with Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4. At least one non-hydrogen atom in R falls within a distal circle of a cylinder extending perpendicular to the first plane, where the distal circle of the cylinder is a height h from the base circle and the height h ranges from 3.3 Å to 4.8 Å.

Disclosed is an organometallic compound represented by a following Chemical Formula I, wherein the compound is a metal complex including a central coordination metal and a main ligand binding thereto, wherein the main ligand has a structure in which a fused ring is further introduced into 2-phenylquinoline. When the organometallic compound is used as dopant of a light-emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device, rigidity is imparted to the organometallic compound molecule such that a full width at half maximum (FWHM) is narrow and thus color purity is improved. Further, a non-luminescent recombination process is reduced such that luminous efficiency and lifespan of the organic electroluminescent device are improved. Chemical Formula I is shown below:

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A fused ring compound and applications thereof in organic electronic components, particularly in organic electroluminescent diodes; an organic electronic component comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in organic electroluminescent diodes and in display and lighting technologies; and a formulation comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in the preparation of organic electronic components. By optimizing the component structure, good component performance can be achieved, and especially, a high-performance OLED component can be implemented, which provide good material and preparation technology choices for full-color display and lighting applications.

An organogold nonlinear optical chromophore includes gold(I) complexed with a benzothiazolyl-substituted fluorophore and optionally an organophosphine ligand or an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand.

The invention relates to an electronic device, to the use thereof, and to a method for the production thereof.

A novel compound is disclosed which includes a ligand L.sub.A of Formula II,

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wherein: ring B is independently a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C, N, and CR; at least one pair of adjacent X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each C and fused to Formula V

##STR00002##  where indicated by “”; X.sup.5 to X.sup.12 are each independently C or N; the maximum number of N within a ring is two; Z and Y are each independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, NR′, CR′R″, SiR′R″, and GeR′R″; R.sup.B and R.sup.C each independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitutions to its associated ring; each of R.sup.B, R.sup.C, R, R′, and R″ is independently hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, boryl, and combinations thereof; and two substituents can be joined or fused to form a ring; the ligand L.sub.A is complexed to a metal M through the two indicated dash lines of each Formula; and the ligand L.sub.A can be joined with other ligands to form a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand.

Disclosed is a new class of photo-responsive coordination compounds with at least one photochromic unit on a coordinating ligand. The photo-responsive coordination compounds are shown to be capable of acting as electroactive materials for the fabrication of organic memory devices as well as photo-controllable electron-transporting materials.

The invention relates to compounds comprising functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, devices containing same, and the preparation and use thereof.

The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure is contained in an electron transport layer and/or an electron buffer layer, so that an organic electroluminescent device having improved light-emitting efficiency can be manufactured.