Composition, hole transport material composition, and ink composition
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a composition containing a polymer or oligomer (A) and an initiator (B), wherein the polymer or oligomer (A) contains no alkyl groups of 5 or more carbon atoms, contains at least one type of structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit containing an aromatic amine structure and a structural unit containing a carbazole structure, and contains, at one or more terminals, a structural unit containing a thienyl group which may have a substituent, and a degree of solubility of the composition is capable of being changed by applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
1. A composition comprising a polymer or oligomer (A) and an initiator (B), wherein
the polymer or oligomer (A) comprises no alkyl groups of 5 or more carbon atoms, comprises at least an aromatic amine structure, wherein the aromatic amine structure has no alkyl groups of 5 or more carbon atoms and the aromatic amine structure includes an aromatic amine structure that has an alkoxy group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the polymer or oligomer (A) also comprises, at one or more terminals, a structural unit containing a thienyl group which may have a substituent, wherein the thienyl group includes at least one type of structure selected from the group consisting of a structure represented by formula (Ia) shown below and a structure represented by formula (Ib) shown below:
wherein each of R 1 to R 3 in formula (Ia) and formula (Ib) independently represents a hydrogen atom, and
a degree of solubility of the composition is capable of being changed by applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer or oligomer (A) has a branched structure with three or more terminals, and has the thienyl group at each of three or more of all of the terminals.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the initiator (B) comprises an oxidizing agent.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the initiator (B) comprises an onium salt.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein a weight average molecular weight of the polymer or oligomer (A) is from 1,000 to 1,000,000.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a solvent (C).
7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein a surface free energy of the polymer or oligomer (A), represented by a sum of a polar component and a non-polar component determined by the Owens-Wendt method, is at least 41 mJ/m 2 .
8. A hole transport material composition comprising the composition according to claim 1 .
9. An ink composition comprising the composition according to claim 1 .
10. An organic layer that is formed by applying the composition according to claim 1 , and then applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
11. A method for producing an organic layer that comprises:
a step of forming a coating layer by applying the composition according to claim 1 , and
a step of applying heat, light, or both heat and light to the coating layer.
12. An organic layer that is formed by applying the hole transport material composition according to claim 8 , and then applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
13. A method for producing an organic layer that comprises:
a step of forming a coating layer by applying the hole transport material composition according to claim 8 , and
a step of applying heat, light, or both heat and light to the coating layer.
14. An organic layer that is formed by applying the ink composition according to claim 9 , and then applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
15. A method for producing an organic layer that comprises:
a step of forming a coating layer by applying the ink composition according to claim 9 , and
a step of applying heat, light, or both heat and light to the coating layer.