The present invention provides an electronic component or device comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein said component or device further comprising an organic semiconducting (OSC) material that is provided between the source and drain electrode, wherein the OSC material comprises (a) a polymer represented by formula: (I), and (b) a compound of formula (II). High quality OFETs can be fabricated by the choice of a semiconductor material, which is comprised of a polymer represented by formula I and (b) a compound of formula II. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to novel compounds of formula (III) that can be used as heterocyclic dyes of unique structure and properties. These compounds can be obtained in a three-step synthesis from simple substrates. The compounds according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the compounds according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes. ##STR00001##

A film has a maximum light transmittance value of 20% or lower in a wavelength range of 450 to 650 nm in a film thickness direction, a light transmittance of 20% or lower at a wavelength of 835 nm in the film thickness direction, and a minimum light transmittance value of 70% or higher in a wavelength range of 1000 to 1300 nm in the film thickness direction. A method of forming the film includes forming a first spectrally selective layer and forming a second spectrally selective layer. A kit for forming the film includes a first composition and a second composition.

A nonaqueous ink composition contains a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based pigment and is suitable for use as a nonaqueous ink composition to be ejected by an ink-jet method. The nonaqueous ink composition includes a pigment, a pigment dispersant, an organic solvent, and a resin, wherein the pigment includes a pigment A represented by formula (1) and the content of the pigment dispersant is lower than the content of the pigment.

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(In formula (1), X1 to X10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally branched C1-C5 alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group in which the hydrogen atoms may have been replaced, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, OH, COOH, COO.sup.M.sup.+, SO.sub.3H, SO.sub.3.sup.M.sup.+, a phthalimide group in which the hydrogen atoms may have been replaced, a phthalimidomethyl group, or a heterocyclic compound, and M.sup.+ represents a cation.)

The near-infrared absorption composition includes a processed coloring agent obtained by coating a near-infrared absorption coloring agent with a resin having one or more selected from a coloring agent structure, a heterocyclic structure, and an acyclic hetero atom-containing group. The near-infrared absorption coloring agent is preferably one or more selected from a phthalocyanine coloring agent, a perylene coloring agent, a pyrrolopyrrole coloring agent, a cyanine coloring agent, a dithiol metal complex coloring agent, a naphthoquinone coloring agent, a diimmonium coloring agent, an azo coloring agent, and a squarylium coloring agent and more preferably a pyrrolopyrrole coloring agent.

The present invention relates to polymers comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula (I), wherein Y is a group of formula (II); and their use as IR absorber, organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention can have excellent solubility in organic solvents 10 and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics and photodiodes. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) based on DPP moiety being useful as metal-free organic sensitizers or dyes of type D--A in electrochemical or optoelectronic devices, their use as sensitizer or dye and an electrochemical or optoelectronic device comprising a compound of the invention. ##STR00001##

It is possible to provide a composition that has absorption in a near infrared region and that can form a film having transparency in a visible region. Provided are a cured film, a near infrared ray absorption filter, a solid-state imaging device, an infrared sensor, and a compound. Provided is a composition including: a near infrared ray absorption substance of which a maximum absorption wavelength is in a wavelength range of 700 to 1,000 nm and a value obtained by dividing absorbance at a wavelength of 550 nm by absorbance at the maximum absorption wavelength is 0.015 or less. In the near infrared ray absorption substance, a half-width of the maximum absorption wavelength is preferably 60 nm or less. The near infrared ray absorption substance is preferably a compound having a pyrrolopyrrole skeleton and more preferably a pyrrolopyrrole boron compound.

The invention relates to novel compounds of formula (III) that can be used as heterocyclic dyes of unique structure and properties. These compounds can be obtained in a three-step synthesis from simple substrates. The compounds according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the compounds according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes.

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There is provided a curable resin composition which is capable of being coated on a solid-state imaging device substrate and contains a dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range from 600 to 850 nm, a production method of image sensor chip comprising a step of coating the curable resin composition on a solid-state imaging device substrate to form a dye-containing layer, and a step of adhering a glass substrate having an infrared ray reflecting film onto the dye-containing layer, and an image sensor chip comprising a solid-state imaging device substrate and a dye-containing layer composed of the curable resin composition.