Universal Display Corporation

Transitions Optical, Inc.

Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

University of Southern California

Robert W Walters

Jui-Yi Tsai

Chun Lin

Cory S Brown

David B Knowles

Scott A Beers

Walter H Yeager

Peter Borden Mackenzie

Mark Edward Thompson

Anu Chopra

Peter B MacKenzie

Jun Deng

Anil Kumar

Raymond Kwong

Barry Van Gemert

Wenjing Xiao

Ryan Stayshich

Bin Ma

Jason Brooks

Peter I Djurovich

Clara E Nelson

Peter Borden MacKenzie

Shanti Swarup

Robert H Tang

Forrest R Blackburn

Cletus N Welch

Yeh-Jiun Tung

Beon-Kyu Kim

Sujit Mondal

Kevin W Seybert

Jason Ryan Lewis

Zachary Smith

Peter C Foller

Kevin J Stewart

Darrin R Dabideen

Massimiliano Tomasulo

Huayun Yu

Michael S Misura

Elizabeth Ann Zezinka

Feng Wang

Frank P Mallak

Bert Alleyne

Debra L Singer

Edward Barron

Paul H Lamers

Robert A Smith

Cynthia Kutchko

Scott J Moravek

David T McKeough

John W Burgman

Arnold Tamayo

Steven Bowles

Eric M King

Xiao-Man Dai

Stephen D Straight

Victor A Montes

M Frank Haley

John Charny

Michael Frank Haley

Michael S Barone

Robin L Hunt

Anthony Thomas Gestrich

Chien-Yang Chiu

Jeanine A Conklin

Tissa Sajoto

Nancyanne Gruchacz

Yunyi Lu

Robert J Bowles, Iii

Ian Michael Jones

Shengwen Yuan

Jonathan Bork

Eric Spitler

David E Sartori

Joseph D Turpen

An-Hung Yeh

Brian Shaughnessy

Nicholas J Parise

Emily Amond

Michael A Steimle

Andrew J Lamb

Stefan C Dehaseth

Nick J Parise

Brian R Stepp

Kevin E Bancroft

Nick Parise

Walter H Yaeger

The present invention relates to a photochromic compound having a core fused ring structure represented by at least one of the following Formula (Ia) or Formula (IIa), (Ia) (IIa) Independently for each of Formula (Ia) and Formula (IIa): Ris in each case independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —SOR, or —C(O)—XR, where, X is selected from a single bond, —N(R)—, or —O—, and Rin each case is independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; and B and B' are each independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and articles including such photochromic compounds.

Dihydroquinoline photochromic compounds

Provided is a photochromic indolenaphthopyran compound having the skeletal structure of Formula (I): wherein Rand Reach independently have a steric bulk A, wherein at least one of Ror Rhas a steric bulk A of at least 0.6, Rand Reach independently have a Hammett σp value, and wherein the indolenaphthopyran compound has a calculated electronic steric factor of at least −3.3.

Indolonaphthopyrans

The present invention relates to a photochromic article that includes a substrate and a photochromic layer formed from a curable photochromic composition. The photochromic composition includes a polyol component that includes a polycarbonate diol, an isocyanate component that includes an unblocked polyfunctional isocyanate and/or a blocked polyfunctional isocyanate, and at least one photochromic compound. The equivalents ratio of blocked/unblocked isocyanate equivalents of the isocyanate component to hydroxyl equivalents of the polyol component is at least 5:1. The photochromic article exhibits a T(Fade Half Life) at 23° C. of less than or equal to 70 seconds.

Photochromic article

Provided is an article which transitions from a first state to a second state in response to actinic radiation. The article includes an indolenaphthopyran, wherein in the first state the article exhibits a percent transmission of greater than 80 percent, and in the second state the article exhibits a percent transmission of between 35 and 75 percent, and a τvalue of less than 20 percent. The article can be a photochromic article selected from ophthalmic articles, display articles, windows, mirrors, active liquid crystal cell articles, and passive liquid crystal cell articles.

Articles comprising indolenaphthopyrans

Organic light emitting materials and devices comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising ligands comprising aryl or heteroaryl groups substituted at both ortho positions are described. An organic light emitting device, comprising: an anode, a hole transport layer; an organic emissive layer comprising an emissive layer host and an emissive dopant; an electron impeding layer, and electron transport layer, and a cathode disposed, in that order, over a substrate.

Organic electroluminescent materials and devices

Provided is a photochromic indolenapthtopyran having the core skeletal structure of Formula (I): wherein Rand Rare each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyloxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio, substituted or unsubstituted ether, substituted or unsubstituted thioether, amino, a nitrogen-containing heterocycle, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, —NHC(O)R, or —OC(O)R, wherein Ris substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio, or substituted or unsubstituted arylthio; Ris selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, allyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; and B and B′ are each independently substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, wherein each substituted aryl or substituted heteroaryl is substituted with a group having a Hammett σvalue of greater than −0.50.

Indolenaphthopyrans

The present invention relates to silole and germole fused ring photochromic compounds represented, with some embodiments, by the following Formula (Ia), (Ia) With reference to Formula (Ia): M includes Si or Ge; Ring A and Ring B each independently include aryl or heteroaryl; and the photochromic compound is a thermally reversible photochromic compound. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and photochromic articles, such as photochromic ophthalmic articles that include one or more photochromic compounds represented, with some embodiments, by Formula (Ia).

Silole and germole fused ring photochromic compounds

Provided is a synthetic intermediate for the preparation of photochromic indolenaphthopyran compounds having the core skeletal structure of Formula (I): wherein m is 0 to 4, n is 0 to 4, Rand Rare each independently hydroxyl, cyano, (meth)acrylate, amino, halo, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, boronic ester, boronic acid, polyether, polyester, polycarbonate, polyurethane, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio, ketone, aldehyde, ester, carboxylic acid, carboxylate, amide, carbonate, carbamate, urea, siloxane, alkoxysilane, or polysiloxane; Ris substituted or unsubstituted 2-pyridyl or substituted or unsubstituted 2-quinolyl; and Ris hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxymethyl, substituted or unsubstituted silyl, or acyl. Also provided is a process for producing an indolenaphthol compound which includes cyclizing the phenylnaphthol compound of Formula (I) in the presence of a catalyst. 

Method for preparing indolenaphthopyrans

A compound capable of coordinating with a metal includes a chemical structure as shown in claim, in which: EPD represents a group having an electron pair donor atom; B and B' are each independently an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an alkenyl group, or alkynyl group, or B and B&#x2032; form a spirocyclic group; and R, R, and Rare selected from various substituents.

Compounds for coordinating with a metal, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of catalyzing reactions

A photochromic compound including a core skeletal structure represented by the following Formula (I), 

Photochromic indeno-fused naphthopyran compounds with reduced temperature dependence

Organic light emitting materials and devices comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising ligands comprising aryl or heteroaryl groups substituted at both ortho positions are described. An organic light emitting device, comprising: an anode, a hole transport layer; an organic emissive layer comprising an emissive layer host and an emissive dopant; an electron impeding layer; and electron transport layer; and a cathode disposed, in that order, over a substrate.

Stability OLED materials and devices

Compounds comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising cyclometallated ligands having a structure of In the vgs3, each of the Eatoms is selected from C and N, except that Eis selected from C, N, and S. The Eatoms collectively comprise an 18 pi-electron system, provided that Eand Eare different. The Rsubstituents are each, independently, H, hydrocarbyl, heteroatom substituted hydrocarbyl, cyano, fluoro, OR, SR, NRR, BRR, or SiRRR, where the Rsubstituents are each, independently, hydrocarbyl or heteroatom substituted hydrocarbyl. Any of the Ror Rsubstituents can be linked to form a saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or non-aromatic ring, provided that the Rsubstituents are not present when the corresponding one of E atoms is N or S. Organic light emitting diode devices comprising these compounds are also described.

Compounds comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising cyclometallated imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine and diimidazo[1,2-a:1',2&#x2032;-c]quinazoline ligands, or isoelectronic or benzannulated analogs thereof, are described. Organic light emitting diode devices comprising these compounds are also described.

The present invention relates to photochromic compounds, such as thienochromene compounds represented by the following Formulas (1a) and/or (1b). The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and articles containing one or more such photochromic thienochromene compounds. 

Photochromic thienochromene compounds

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