Patent 7195829 was granted and assigned to Eastman Kodak on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electroluminescent device comprises a cathode, an anode, and therebetween a layer containing a host material and an ethynyl compound of Formula (1):A-C≡C-B (1)in an amount sufficient to stabilize the device wherein A and B represent independently selected fused carbocyclic ring groups.