Transfer substrate, transfer method, and organic electroluminescent device manufacturing method

1. A transfer substrate comprising:

a support substrate being a glass substrate;

a light-to-heat conversion layer;

a diffusion prevention layer preventing diffusion of a material constituting the light-to-heat conversion layer, the diffusion prevention layer being made of a silicon nitride film; and

a transfer layer made of an organic material,

wherein

the light-to-heat conversion layer, the diffusion prevention layer and the transfer layer are formed on the support substrate in this order.

2. The transfer substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer comprises a metal material.

3. The transfer substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer layer comprises a luminescent material.

4. A transfer method, comprising the steps of:

disposing a transfer substrate including a support substrate being a glass substrate having thereon a light-to-heat conversion layer, a diffusion prevention layer made of a silicon nitride film and a transfer layer made of an organic material in this order, with an arrangement of the transfer layer being directed to a receptor having a space therebetween; and

thermally transferring the transfer layer to the receptor side where the space exists by irradiating a light from the support substrate side such that the light is thermally converted in the light-to-heat conversion layer while diffusion of a material constituting the light-to-heat conversion layer is prevented.

5. An organic electroluminescent device manufacturing method comprising the steps of:

forming a lower electrode patterned on a substrate;

forming an organic layer including at least a luminescent layer on the lower electrode; and

forming an upper electrode in the state that the upper electrode is laminated over the lower electrode via the organic layer,

wherein,

after the lower electrode is patterned on the substrate,

a transfer substrate including a support substrate being a glass substrate having thereon a light-to-heat conversion layer, a diffusion prevention layer made of a silicon nitride film and a transfer layer made of an organic material including a luminescent material in this order, is disposed in an arrangement of the transfer layer being directed to the substrate so as to make a space between the transfer layer and the lower electrode, and

the transfer layer is thermally transferred onto the lower electrode where the space exists by thermal conversion of the light in the light-to-heat conversion layer by irradiating a light from the support substrate side such that the light is thermally converted in the light-to-heat conversion layer while diffusion of a material constituting the light-to-heat conversion layer is prevented.

6. The transfer substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer is configured by a molybdenum film.

7. The transfer method according to claim 4 , wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer is configured by a molybdenum film.

8. The organic electroluminescent device manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer is configured by a molybdenum film.