The present invention relates to a water-stable Titanium-based metal-organic framework (MOF) material having a high degree of condensation, i.e. an oxo to Ti ratio (or oxo to metal ratio, in the case of doped Ti-based MOFs) >1.0; a process of preparing same and uses thereof, particularly for heterogeneously catalyzed chemical reactions, for gas storage/separation/purification, for information storage, laser printing or as an oxygen indicator, or as proton conductive material (fuel cells), optoelectronic material (photovoltaic cells including Grtzel cells), as a matrix for encapsulating active principles (medicaments, cosmetics), or else as sensing material.

Multivariate metal-organic framework compositions and methods of producing multivariate metal-organic frameworks. The metal-organic framework including at least one light-emitting linker in an amount sufficient for the composition to produce broadband emission spectra in high efficiencies.

The present invention provides a quantum dot of which a surface is passivated with a short chain ligand, and a method of passivating a surface of the quantum dot using a ligand exchange reaction.

A process for synthesizing a Mn.sup.4+ doped phosphor of formula I by electrolysis is presented. The process includes electrolyzing a reaction solution comprising a source of manganese, a source of M and a source of A. One aspect relates to a phosphor composition produced by the process. A lighting apparatus including the phosphor composition is also provided. A.sub.x[MF.sub.y]:Mn.sup.4+ (I) where, A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MF.sub.y] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.

Disclosed are a transition metal complex, a polymer, a mixture, a composition and the use thereof, wherein the transition metal complex has a structure of the general formula as shown in formula (1):

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The transition metal complex has a novel structure, and is an iridium (III) complex comprising rigid cycloalkyl groups. Since this type of auxiliary ligand increases the rigidity and symmetry of a molecule, the rigidity of a molecule is increased relative to a common ligand without the cycloalkyl groups, and as such, the whole complex has better chemical, optical, electrical and thermal stabilities. At the same time, since the modification occurs on the auxiliary ligand, the effect on the wavelength of the luminous maximum peak caused by a main ligand is relatively low, and therefore, a saturated luminous color may be retained. Therefore, the use of the transition metal complex according to the present invention in OLEDs, in particular as a doping material of a luminous layer, can provide a relatively high luminous efficiency and a relatively long lifetime of the device.

The present application discloses the first rare-earth-free metal organic framework (MOF) yellow phosphors that can be effectively excited by blue light and assembled in a white light emission (WLED) device with a blue chip. The compounds of the present invention exhibit significantly enhanced emission intensity compared to the constituent ligand and high quantum yield and high thermal and moisture stability and photoluminescence. The invention also includes light emitting devices comprising any of these MOF yellow phosphors and methods of preparing these compounds and devices.

A device containing an organometal-complex luminescent material has a luminescent layer that includes an organometal complex having a structural formula (I), wherein A, B and C refer to substituted or unsubstituted C, N, O and S atoms independently; a dashed ring for linkage between A and B atoms refers to a substituted or unsubstituted conjugated ring structure; L1, L2, L3 and L4 are single or double bonds independently, L3 and L4 are part of the conjugated ring structure for linkage between A and B atoms; X, X1, Y and Y1 are C, N, O and S atoms independently; Ar1 and Ar2 are substituted or unsubstituted conjugated ring structures independently; M refers to Pt, W and Au atoms. An organometal complex in the luminescent material is high in fluorescence quantum efficiency and heat stability and low in quenching constant and can be used for manufacturing high-efficiency and low-efficiency roll-off red-light OLEDs.

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An aqueous composition for use in activating surface of polymers.

A conductive laminate and an electrochromic device including the conductive laminate are disclosed. The conductive laminate includes a metal oxynitride layer, a metal oxide layer, and a conductive layer. The metal oxynitride layer, the metal oxide layer or both may comprise monovalent cations. The metal oxynitride layer may be represented by Mo.sub.aTi.sub.bO.sub.xN.sub.y where a>0, b>0, x>0, y>0, 0.5<a/b<4.0, and 0.005<y/x<0.02. The metal oxide layer may comprise a reducing electrochromic material or an oxidizing electrochromic material. The electroconductive laminate and the electrochromic device have excellent durability, excellent color-switching speed, and can stepwise control optical properties.

A photochromic article is provided, containing a structural component, a fluid in contact with the structural component, and a polyoxometalate complex in contact with the fluid. The polyoxometalate complex includes a counter cation complexed with either a polyoxometalate anion or a polyoxometalate derivative anion. The structural component includes a porous material, a plurality of cavities, or both. The article is photochromic. A method of changing a light transmission of a photochromic article is provided, as is a method of changing a light reflectance of a photochromic article. A method of forming a photochromic article is also provided.