The present disclosure provides polymerizable luminescent dyes useful for incorporation into polymers. The dyes and the polymers can be used in sensing and imaging applications, for example, to provide accurate and optionally long term measurements of glucose in vivo. The present disclosure also provides sensors including the polymers described herein. The sensors can be implanted into a tissue of a subject and used for long-term or short-term continuous and semi-continuous collection of data of various biochemical analytes, optionally without the use of implantable hardware of any type and/or enzymatic and electrochemical detection methods.

Disclosed herein, inter alia, are silicon containing detectable compounds and methods of use thereof.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electronic devices using wired and wireless protocols are disclosed. The systems and apparatus may monitor their environment for signals from electronic devices. The systems and apparatus may take and disambiguate the signals that are received from the devices in their environment to identify the devices and associate control signals with the devices. The systems and apparatus may use communication means to send control signals to the identified electronic devices. Multiple apparatuses or systems may be connected together into networks, including mesh networks, to make for a more robust architecture.

The invention relates to specific phenanthrenes, the use of the compound in an electronic device, and an electronic device containing at least one of said compounds. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compound and a formulation and composition containing one or more of the compounds.

A compound represented by the general formula (1) is useful as a light emitting material. In the general formula (1), Ar.sup.1 to Ar.sup.3 represent an aryl group, provided that Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 are the same as each other, and at least one of Ar.sup.1 to Ar.sup.3 represents an aryl group substituted with a group represented by the general formula (2). In the general formula (2), R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z represents O, S, R.sup.9N, (R.sup.10) (R.sup.11)C, or (R.sup.12) (R.sup.13)Si; and R.sup.9 to R.sup.13 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. ##STR00001##

Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electronic devices using wired and wireless protocols are disclosed. The systems and apparatus may monitor their environment for signals from electronic devices. The systems and apparatus may take and disambiguate the signals that are received from the devices in their environment to identify the devices and associate control signals with the devices. The systems and apparatus may use communication means to send control signals to the identified electronic devices. Multiple apparatuses or systems may be connected together into networks, including mesh networks, to make for a more robust architecture.

An organic EL device with high emission efficiency, an electronic equipment including the organic EL device, and a compound providing the organic EL device are provided. The compound is represented by formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein Ar.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring; the substituent on the naphthalene ring is at least one selected from a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a group represented by Si(R.sub.101)(R.sub.102)(R.sub.103), and a group represented by ZR.sup.a; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a group represented by Si(R.sub.101)(R.sub.102)(R.sub.103), an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; R.sup.11 to R.sup.18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a group represented by Si(R.sub.101)(R.sub.102)(R.sub.103), or a group represented by ZR.sup.a; each Z represents a single bond, an arylene group, a heteroarylene group, or a divalent linking group in which 2 to 4 groups selected from the above groups are linked together; R.sup.a represents a group represented by N(R.sub.104)(R.sub.105), an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; and R.sub.101 to R.sub.105 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; provided that at least one selected from the substituent on the naphthalene ring and R.sup.11 to R.sup.18 represents a group represented by ZR.sup.a.

An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body, in particular a penis erection stimulation system, comprises one or more long, flexibly bendable infusion needles, the tip ends of which are disposed within and implanted along with at least one first housing, in particular adjacent the patient's left and right corpora cavernosa. The respective other end or ends of the infusion needles are disposed and implanted along with at least one second housing remote from the first housing. A reservoir and a pump are also implanted inside the patient's body to supply the infusion needle with infusion liquid. A drive unit also adapted for implantation inside the patient's body is arranged for advancing and retracting the infusion needle such that its tip end penetrates the at least one first housing's outer wall in at least one penetration area, more specifically at least in two different penetration areas either simultaneously or in immediate time succession, thereby injecting the substance into the patient's body.

Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.

Quenchers of the related art do not have a quenching ability high enough to sufficiently inhibit the emission of fluorescence from fluorescence compounds. Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a quencher which can sufficiently quench the fluorescence from fluorescent compounds including xanthene-based dyes. The present invention relates to a quencher formed of a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the like.

##STR00001## (In the formula, n.sub.1 pieces of R.sub.5 each independently represent a group having a polymerizable unsaturated group, an amino group having a substituent, or the like, R.sub.6 represents a group having a polymerizable unsaturated group, a hydroxy group, or the like, An.sup. represents an anion, Ar.sub.1 represents a specific ring structure, * and ** each represent a position of bonding to the specific ring structure, Ar.sub.2 represents a benzene ring or the like, in a case where Ar.sub.2 is the benzene ring, n.sub.1 represents an integer of 0 to 4, and R.sub.32 and R.sub.33 each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group.)