The unique optical properties exhibited by organic compounds with delocalized conjugated pi-electrons make these compounds ideal for fabricating a wide variety of optical and electro-optical devices. Moreover, the process for fabricating these materials into devices is relatively easy. Consequently, these factors have stimulated significant research...

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed organic materials having strong phosphorescent emission in the near infrared region (i.e., from about 650 nm to about 2000 nm, or from about 650 nm to about 1000 nm) using organometallic complexes. These complexes offer high efficiency, wavelength-tunable phosphorescent emitters in the fabrication...