Patent ID: 6869693

Claim:
A polymeric metal complex comprising at least one functionalized polymer having a plurality of a first-type functional group, wherein at least a portion of the first-type functional groups are coordinated to at least one iridium ion said at least one iridium ion is further coordinated to at least one ligand selected from 2-arylpyridines, 2-arylpyrimidines and 2-arylquinolines having an Eighth Formula: wherein: adjacent pairs of R 1 -R 8 can be joined to form a five- or six-membered ring, R 1 -R 8 can be the same or different from each other and are elected from F, H, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, C s H a F b , OC s H a F b , and OCF 2 X, where s is an integer between 1 and 6, a+b=2s+1, and X=H, Cl, or Br; and A=C or N, provided when A=N, there is no R 1 .