A variety of compounds are provided capable of chelating a metal, in particular a lanthanide such as Eu(III) and Tb(III). Luminescent complexes of the compound and a metal ion are also provided, in particular luminescent metal complexes are provided containing a lanthanide such as Eu(III) or Tb(III) and a compound described herein. In some aspects, the luminescent complexes are capable of exhibiting bright emissions with high quantum yields. Methods of making the compound are provided. Methods of using the compounds and luminescent complexes are also provided, for example for imaging and therapeutic applications.

A quantum dot composition of an embodiment includes: a quantum dot; a ligand combined with a surface of the quantum dot; and a ligand scavenger having a nucleophilic reaction group.

Disclosed are nanostructures comprising Ag, In, Ga, and S and a shell comprising Ag, Ga and S, wherein the nanostructures have a peak wavelength emission of 480-545 nm and wherein at least about 80% of the emission is band-edge emission. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanostructures.

A quantum dot composition includes a quantum dot, a ligand to bind to a surface of the quantum dot, an additive having an amine group, and a precursor comprising an organometallic compound, the composition forming a modified quantum dot having a reformed surface characteristic. A light emitting element including the modified quantum dot may have improved lifespan, luminous efficiency, and material stability.

A light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emissive layer between the first and second electrodes. The emissive layer comprises quantum dots that are capable of producing circularly polarized luminescence. The quantum dots are chiral structured perovskite quantum dots, each comprising a core having a chiral crystal structure.

Disclosed are nanostructures comprising Ag, In, Ga, and S and a shell comprising Ag, Ga and S, wherein the nanostructures have a peak wavelength emission of 480-545 nm and wherein at least about 80% of the emission is band-edge emission. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanostructures.

A photon multiplying material comprising a luminescent material having organic semiconductor molecules capable of singlet fission attached thereto, wherein the organic semiconductor molecules are chemically attached to the luminescent material by a linking group and wherein the linking group and the band gap of the luminescent material are selected so that exciton triplet states formed by singlet fission in the attached organic semiconductor molecules can be energy transferred into the luminescent material.

Metal complexes containing heteroaryl and its analogues as ligands are disclosed in this application. These compounds may be useful as charge transport materials in OLEDs.

Complexes and devices, such as organic light emitting devices and full color displays, including a compound of the formula wherein: M is Pd.sup.2+, Ir.sup.+, Rh.sup.+, or Au.sup.3+; each of V.sup.1, V.sup.2, V.sup.3, and V.sup.4 is coordinated to M and is independently N, C, P, B, or Si; each of L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, and L.sup.4 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, carbene, or N-heterocyclic carbene; and Z is O, S, NR, CR.sub.2, SiR.sub.2, BR, PR, where each R is independently substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.

Use of transition metal complexes of the formula (I) in organic light-emitting diodes

##STR00001## where: M.sup.1 is a metal atom; carbene is a carbene ligand; L is a monoanionic or dianionic ligand; K is an uncharged monodentate or bidentate ligand selected from the group consisting of phosphines; CO; pyridines; nitriles and conjugated dienes which form a complex with M.sup.1; n is the number of carbene ligands and is at least 1; m is the number of ligands L, where m can be 0 or 1; o is the number of ligands K, where o can be 0 or 1; where the sum n+m+o is dependent on the oxidation state and coordination number of the metal atom and on the denticity of the ligands carbene, L and K and also on the charge on the ligands carbene and L, with the proviso that n is at least 1, and also

an OLED comprising these transition metal complexes, a light-emitting layer comprising these transition metal complexes, OLEDs comprising this light-emitting layer, devices comprising an OLED according to the present invention, and specific transition metal complexes comprising atb least two carbene ligands.