In addition, among planar host compounds, a compound that is in the form of a disk is preferable as the host material used in the light-emitting layer of the present invention, and a discotic liquid crystalline host compound corresponding to the following is more preferable:
Discotic Liquid Crystalline Host Compound
A discotic liquid crystalline host compound forms a liquid crystal phase composed of disk-shaped molecules having high planarity.
Discotic liquid crystalline host compounds also include compounds having a structure in which linear alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, or substituted benzoyloxy groups are substituted radially as side chains of the mother nucleus at the molecular center. The compound is preferably one in which the molecule or cluster of molecules has rotational symmetry, and a specific orientation can be imparted.
The discotic liquid crystalline host compound is preferably selected from among triphenylene derivatives, pyrene derivatives, triazine derivatives, and carbazole derivatives, and more preferably selected from among triphenylene derivatives, pyrene derivatives, and triazine derivatives, and is most preferably a triphenylene derivative.
Discotic Liquid Crystalline Triphenylene Derivative
Any conventionally known discotic liquid crystalline triphenylene derivative can be used as the triphenylene derivative that exhibits liquid crystallinity, but it may be, for example, a triphenylene derivative expressed by General Formula T-I below: