IP Library Granted Patent US 6,923,881
Granted Patent B2
US 6,923,881 · App. 10/445,082 · Granted Aug 2, 2005

Method for producing organic electroluminescent device and transfer material used therein

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Patent No.
US 6,923,881
App. No.
10/445,082
Granted
Aug 2, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transfer material comprises a temporary support and an electroluminescent element layer, and positioned between said temporary support and said electroluminescent element layer. Using the above transfer material, an organic electroluminescent device is produced by a method comprising the steps of superposing the transfer material on an electrode layer side of a substrate has partially or wholly transparent or opaque electrode layer, contacting the transfer material and the substrate, and transferring at least one electroluminescent element to the electrode layer side of a substrate with at least one heating means and pressing means.

Claims (16)

1. A method for producing an organic electroluminescent device by using a transfer material, said transfer material comprising a temporary support, an electroluminescent element layer, and a peeling layer between said temporary support and said electroluminescent element layer, said method comprising the steps of:

contacting the electroluminescent layer side of said transfer material with an electrode layer side of a substrate, wherein said electrode layer is partially or wholly transparent or opaque; and

transferring said at least one electroluminescent element layer to said electrode layer side of said substrate with at least one heating means and pressing means,

wherein a maximum surface roughness Rmax (according to JIS B 0601-1982) of said peeling layer is not less than 0 and not more than 50, assuming that the thickness of said electroluminescent element layer is 100.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said electroluminescent element layer is at least one electroluminescent layer and charge-transporting layer, provided that said transfer material does not contain a light-to-heat conversion layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one heating means and pressing means is selected from the group consisting of a laminator, an infrared heater and a roller heater.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of

peeling said temporary support after said transferring step.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a hole-transporting organic layer, a light-emitting organic layer and an electron-transporting organic layer are transferred in this order onto the substrate.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of

laminating said substrate having said electroluminescent element to an electrode layer side of another substrate, thereby providing an organic electroluminescent device.

7. A method for producing an organic electroluminescent device by using a transfer material, said transfer material comprising a temporary support, an electroluminescent element layer, and a peeling layer between said temporary support and said electroluminescent element layer, said method comprising the steps of:

contacting the electroluminescent layer side of said transfer material with an electrode layer side of a substrate, wherein said electrode layer is partially or wholly transparent or opaque; and

transferring said at least one electroluminescent element layer to said electrode layer side of said substrate by the application of heat and pressure,

wherein a maximum surface roughness Rmax (according to JIS B 0601-1982) of said peeling layer is not less than 0 and not more than 50, assuming that the thickness of said electroluminescent element layer is 100.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said heat and pressure are provided by a laminator, an infrared heater or a roller heater.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
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