Provided are an organic electroluminescent material and a device thereof. The organic electroluminescent material includes a metal M and at least one C{circumflex over ( )}N bidentate ligand L.sub.a coordinated with the metal M, the maximum emission wavelength of the photoluminescence spectrum of the organic electroluminescent material at room temperature is greater than or equal to 410 nm and less than or equal to 700 nm, and the emission spectrum area ratio of the organic electroluminescent material is less than or equal to 0.145. The metal complex has significant advantages in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular the improvement of device efficiency. Further provided are an organic electroluminescent device including the metal complex and a compound composition including the metal complex.

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

New organometallic complexes having bis- or tris-heteroleptic ligands and large aspect ratio in one direction and their use in OLEDs to enhance the efficiency is disclosed.

Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.

A compound including a first bidentate ligand L.sub.A that includes a structure of Formula I,

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are provided. The ligand L.sub.A is coordinated to a metal M and can be joined with other ligands. In Formula I, in addition to some exclusions, each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 is C or N; two R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 can be joined or fused to form a ring; and each R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 is independently a group containing the metal M, a hydrogen, or a General Substituent defined herein. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1:

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A photodetection device is configured to detect light and the photodetection device includes a substrate having a largest surface; a dielectric formed over the largest surface of the substrate; a first metallic electrode formed on the dielectric; a second metallic electrode formed on the dielectric, at a given distance from the first metallic electrode, to form a channel; and a single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex located in the channel.

An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1:

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Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency and a low drive voltage. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer which contains a phosphorescent compound and a material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence between a pair of electrodes, wherein a peak of a fluorescence spectrum and/or a peak of a phosphorescence spectrum of the material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence overlap(s) with a lowest-energy-side absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound, and wherein the phosphorescent compound exhibits phosphorescence in the light-emitting layer by voltage application between the pair of electrodes.

The present invention includes novel platinum complexes with tridentate ligands forming dimeric structures that are calculated to have blue emission. The ligand backbone and pendant donor rings can be altered to give different emission maxima. The present invention also includes various pendant donor rings and multiple different ligand backbones. Such complexes are suitable for use as an emitter in organic light emitting devices.