Stable green light emission and high efficiency organic devices with three polymer layers were fabricated using bis[2-(4'-tert-butylphenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-benzoimidazole-N,C²'] iridium(III) (acetylacetonate) doped in blended host materials. The 1 wt% doping concentration showed maximum luminance of 7841 cd/cm² at 25.6 V and maximum current efficiency of 9.95 cd/A at 17.2 V. The electroluminescence...

Using rational ligand design, we have developed of a second-generation ligand, bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)(tert-butyl)phosphine, for the preparation of allylsilanes using the palladium-catalyzed silyl-Heck reaction. This new ligand provides nearly complete suppression of starting material alkene isomerization that was observed with our first-generation catalyst, providing vastly improved yield...

Flame retardants (FRs) are used in many consumer products for fire safety reasons. Their use children’s car seats may result and vehicle occupants’ exposure to these compounds including inhalation through poor air quality. We have tested several from local retailers the presence of FRs. A number organophosphorus flame (OPFRs) were identified extracts (dichloromethane) eight foam materials taken...

Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) films on flexible PET (polyethyleneterephthalate) substrates are used as transparent, flexible anodes for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). For polymer-based OLEDs having the structure: SWNT/PEDOT-PSS:MeOH/TFB (poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-N-(4-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)) + TPD-Si(2) (4,4'-bis[(p-trichlorosilylpropylphenyl)phenylamino]biphenyl) /BT (poly...

Terfenadine (4-[4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl)-1-piperidyl]-1-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-butan-1-ol) was identified in a biological screening to be a moderate inhibitor (27% inhibition) of the CD81-LEL-HCV-E2 interaction. To increase the observed biological activity, 63 terfenadine derivates were synthesized via microwave assisted nucleophilic substitution. The prepared compounds were tested for their inh...

Different reactions of Mes* substituted phosphanes (Mes* = 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl) led to the formation of the bicyclic tetraphosphane Mes*P4Mes* (5) and its unknown Lewis acid adduct 5·GaCl3. In this context, the endo-exo isomer of 5 was fully characterized for the first time. The synthesis was achieved by reactions involving "self-assembly" of the P4 scaffold from P1 building blocks (i.e....