The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising and methods for forming functionalized carbon-based nanostructures.

Tridentate platinum, palladium, and gold complexes of Formulas A-I and A-II and tridentate iridium and rhodium compounds of Formulas B-I, B-II, and B-III suitable for delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent or phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications. ##STR00001## ##STR00002##

A compound comprising a first ligand L.sub.A of Formula I,

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is disclosed. In the structure of Formula I, ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; Z.sup.1-Z.sup.4 are each independently C or N; at least two consecutive Z.sup.1-Z.sup.4 are C, and are fused to a structure of Formula II

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or Formula III

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Y.sup.1; Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are each independently O, S, Se, CRR′, SiRR′, or GeRR′; each R.sup.A, R.sup.B, R.sup.C, R, and R′ is a hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring. In the compound, L.sub.A is complexed to a metal M by the dashed lines in Formula I to form a five-membered chelate ring, and M has an atomic weight greater than 40. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides a compound, a complex, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof. The compound is represented by the following structural formula, in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 are the same or different and are each independently selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of C.sub.1 to C.sub.16, a substituted hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylamino group, a haloalkylthio group, a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, a halogen-substituted alkylamino group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, arylamino group, a diphenylphosphino group, a halogen group, a nitro group, or a nitrile group. The complex of one embodiment of the present disclosure has a high catalytic effect, and can be used to prepare a highly branched, controllable, low molecular weight polymer with a high activity.

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An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: ##STR00001##
wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

Provided are an organometallic compound having a novel structure, an organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound, and a diagnostic composition including the organometallic compound.

This disclosure relates to bridged bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)palladium(II) complexes, methods of preparing the complexes, and methods of using the complexes in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions.

A near-infrared organic light emitting device comprises a first electrode; a hole transporting layer in contact with the first electrode; a second electrode; an electron transporting layer in contact with the second electrode; and an emissive layer between the hole transporting layer and the electron transporting layer, the emissive layer comprising a near-infrared emitter and an emissive host. The emissive host transfers energy to the near-infrared emitter.

A catalyst for olefin polymerization that contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) and a method for producing polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer, using the aforementioned metal complex as a polymerization catalyst, wherein the symbols in formula (C1) and formula (1) are as defined in the specification. ##STR00001##

The present invention includes novel heterocyclic materials for use as blue phosphorescent materials in OLED devices. The materials are based on carbene and heterocyclic 5-membered ring linked ligands, which may be complexed to a transition metal via a metal-carbon (carbene) bond and a metal-nitrogen covalent bond.