Universal Display Corporation

Alan DeAngelis

Bin Ma

Chuanjun Xia

Walter H Yeager

Lichang Zeng

Jui-Yi Tsai

Mingjuan Su

Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin

Chun Lin

Pierre-Luc T Boudreault

Zhiqiang Ji

Edward Barron

Walter Yeager

A compound comprising a first bidentate ligand L, wherein Lcomprises a structure of Formula I;

Organic electroluminescent materials and devices

A compound comprising a ligand L, having a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, Ato Aare each independently CR or N; at least two adjacent ones of Ato Aare CR and the Rs are joined together to form a six-membered ring fused to ring A or ring C; X is O, S, or Se; each R and Ris independently hydrogen or a substituent; any adjacent substituents are optionally joined or fused into a ring; the ligand Lis coordinated to a metal M; the metal M is bonded to ring A through a M-C bond; the metal M can be coordinated to other ligands; and the ligand Lis optionally linked with other ligands. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing such compounds are also disclosed.

The present invention includes a new series of benzofused heterocyclic ligands for metal complexes. These complexes show promising photophysical performance when incorporated into OLEDs.

Novel heteroleptic iridium carbene complexes are provided, which contain phenyl imidazole moieties. In particular, ligands containing 2,4,6-trisubstituted N-phenyl imidazole fragments have highly desirable properties that make them suitable materials for use in OLED devices.

Novel heteroleptic iridium carbene complexes are provided. The complexes have lower-than expected sublimation temperatures, which is beneficial for the processing of these materials in solid state applications. Selective substitution of the ligands provides for phosphorescent compounds that are suitable for use in a variety of OLED devices. The carbene complexes can also be used as materials in a hole blocking layer and/or an electron transport layer to improve device performance.

Organometallic compounds comprising a phenylquinoline or phenylisoquinoline ligand having the quinoline or isoquinoline linked to the phenyl ring of the phenylquinoline or phenylisoquinoline, respectively, via two carbon atoms. These compounds also comprise a substituent other than hydrogen and deuterium on the quinoline, isoquinoline or linker. These compounds may be used as red emitters in phosphorescent OLEDs. In particular, these compounds may provide stable, narrow and efficient red emission.

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