ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,678, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZON STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters and hosts based on functionalized imidazolyl groups" was invented by Jian Li (Tempe, Ariz.) and Jiang Wu (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds of General Formula I may act as thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters in organic electroluminescent devices. Compounds of General Formula I have donor and acceptor groups part of the same conjugated system. Devices incorporating compounds of General Formula I may have higher EQE and longe...