The present invention relates to a phenyl-derivative compound substituted with at least two electron acceptors and at least two electron donors. Formula (I) R.sup.AaR.sup.DbR.sup.ScC.sub.6 wherein a is 2, 3 or 4; b is 2, 3 or 4; c is 0, 1 or 2; a+b−c=6; R.sup.A is at each occurrence independently a group with −M-effect; R.sup.B is at each occurrence independently a group with +−M-effect; R.sup.S is as defined in claim 1. Said compound is suited for use in organic electronic devices, particularly in organic electroluminescent devices.

Objects of the present invention are to provide an organic semiconductor element in which carrier mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, and a manufacturing method thereof, to provide a novel compound suitable for an organic semiconductor, and to provide an organic semiconductor film in which mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic semiconductor composition that can suitably form the organic semiconductor film.

The organic semiconductor element according to the present invention is an organic semiconductor layer containing a compound having a constitutional repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and having a molecular weight of 2,000 or greater.

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Water solvated polymeric dyes and polymeric tandem dyes are provided. The polymeric dyes include a water solvated light harvesting multichromophore having a conjugated segment of aryl or heteroaryl co-monomers linked via covalent bonds, vinylene groups or ethynylene groups. The polymeric tandem dyes further include a signaling chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. Also provided are labeled specific binding members that include the subject polymeric dyes. Methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labeling a target molecule in which the subject polymeric dyes find use are also provided. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided.

Disclosed are an electroluminescent polymer based on phenanthroimidazole units, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof. The electroluminescent polymer based on phenanthroimidazole units has a structure as shown in the formula (I), and the side chain thereof contains phenanthroimidazole units. The electroluminescent polymer (1) has the properties of hybridized local and charge-transfer states, which can improve the utilization of excitons and the electroluminescence properties of devices by means of reverse inter-system crossing to effectively utilize triplet state excitons; (2) the phenanthroimidazole unit has a large degree of conjugation and a strong rigidity, which can not only improve the thermal stability of a material, but can also increase the radiation transition rate of the material and improve the light-emitting efficiency thereof; and (3) the raw materials of the polymer are cheap, the synthetic route is simple, and purification is convenient, which is beneficial for industrial scaled-up production thereof. The polymer has a good solubility, and can be used to prepare large-area flexible display devices by means of a solution processing technology. The polymer has great development potential and prospects in the field of organic electronic display.

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A composition for forming an organic film contains a polymer having a partial structure shown by the following general formula (1) as a repeating unit, and an organic solvent. Each of AR1 and AR2 represents a benzene ring or naphthalene ring which optionally have a substituent; W.sub.1 represents a particular partial structure having a triple bond, and the polymer optionally contains two or more kinds of W.sub.1; and W.sub.2 represents a divalent organic group having 6 to 80 carbon atoms and at least one aromatic ring. This invention provides: a polymer curable even under film formation conditions in an inert gas and capable of forming an organic film which has not only excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed in a substrate, but also favorable film formability onto a substrate with less sublimation product; and a composition for forming an organic film, containing the polymer. ##STR00001##

Water solvated polymeric dyes and polymeric tandem dyes are provided. The polymeric dyes include a water solvated light harvesting multichromophore having a conjugated segment of aryl or heteroaryl co-monomers linked via covalent bonds, vinylene groups or ethynylene groups. The polymeric tandem dyes further include a signaling chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. Also provided are labeled specific binding members that include the subject polymeric dyes. Methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labeling a target molecule in which the subject polymeric dyes find use are also provided. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided.

A polymer compound is provided having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, a mono-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group, and Ar.sup.1 represents an arylene group or a di-valent condensed polycyclic aromatic heterocyclic group.

Composition for use in an organic light-emitting device, the composition having a fluorescent light-emitting material and a triplet-accepting material subject to the following energetic scheme: 2×T.sub.1A>S.sub.1A>S.sub.1E, or T.sub.1A+T.sub.1E>S.sub.1A>S.sub.1E in which: T1A represents a triplet excited state energy level of the triplet-accepting material; TIE represents a triplet excited state energy level of the light-emitting material; S.sub.1A represents a singlet excited state energy level of the triplet-accepting material; and S.sub.1E represents a singlet excited state energy level of the light-emitting material; and in which light emitted by the composition upon excitation includes delayed fluorescence.

A polymer comprising an optionally substituted repeat unit of formula (I): wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in each occurrence are independently selected from H or a substituent; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be linked to form a ring; and A is an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group. ##STR00001##

Polybenzoxazine comprises repeat units which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a polybenzoxazine may be used as a metal-adhesive layer, in particular for the adhesive bonding of a metal substrate, in particular made of carbon steel, to a rubber.