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US 10,167,403 · App. 15/919,539 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Ink, ink container, and method for producing functional element

Inventors: Koji Imamura (Kai-shi, JP); Takuya Sonoyama (Fujimi-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
C09D11/52B41J2/01B41J11/002C09D11/36H01L51/005H01L51/0005H01L51/56H01L27/322H01L51/5012H01L51/5056H01L51/5088
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Patent No.
US 10,167,403
App. No.
15/919,539
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink according to an embodiment includes a functional layer forming material, wherein the ejection amount of a droplet ejected from a nozzle of an inkjet head is 9.5 ng or more and 11 ng or less, and the length of the droplet when the droplet is ejected from the nozzle at an ejection velocity of 6 m/sec or more and 9 m/sec or less is 250 μm or less.

Claims (29)

1. An ink for forming a light emitting layer in an organic electroluminescence (EL) device, ejected as a droplet from a nozzle of an inkjet head, the ink comprising:

a light emitting material; and

an aromatic solvent, wherein

the ejection amount of the droplet is 9.5 ng or more and 11 ng or less,

the length of the droplet when the droplet is ejected from the nozzle having a diameter size of 27 μm at an ejection velocity of 6 m/sec or more and 9 m/sec or less is 250 μm or less, and

the light emitting material is a fluorescent material or a phosphorescent material.

2. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein

the inkjet head includes a piezoelectric element as a driving element provided for each nozzle, and

a driving voltage for the piezoelectric element when the ejection amount of the droplet is 10 ng is 15 V or more and 32 V or less.

3. An ink container, wherein

the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 1 .

4. An ink container, wherein

the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 2 .

5. A method for producing an organic electroluminescence (EL) device, comprising:

forming a partition wall which divides a film forming region;

forming an applied film by using the ink according to claim 1 and ejecting a predetermined amount of the ink as the droplet from the nozzle of the inkjet head to the film forming region; and

forming the light emitting layer in the film forming region by drying and solidifying the applied film.

6. A method for producing an organic electroluminescence (EL) device, comprising:

forming a partition wall which divides a film forming region;

forming an applied film by using the ink according to claim 2 and ejecting a predetermined amount of the ink as the droplet from the nozzle of the inkjet head to the film forming region; and

forming the light emitting layer in the film forming region by drying and solidifying the applied film.

7. The method for producing an organic electroluminescence (EL) device according to claim 5 , wherein

the length of the droplet is controlled to be less than the distance between the nozzle and a surface on which the light emitting layer is formed using the light emitting material.

8. The method for producing an organic electroluminescence (EL) device according to claim 6 , wherein

the length of the droplet is controlled to be less than the distance between the nozzle and a surface on which the light emitting layer is formed using the light emitting material.

9. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device produced by using the method according to claim 5 .

10. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device produced by using the method according to claim 6 .

11. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device produced by using the method according to claim 7 .

12. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device produced by using the method according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2026
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: SHIHENG CREATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074265/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-172603 · Sep 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15248437 · Aug 26, 2016
Related Publication 20180201801A1 · Jul 19, 2018