Abstract: Vapor deposition processes for forming thin films comprising gold on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The processes can be cyclical vapor deposition processes, such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes. The processes can include contacting the substrate with a gold precursor comprising at least one sulfur donor ligand and at least one alkyl ligand, and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising ozone. The deposited thin films comprising gold can be uniform, continuous, and conductive at very low thicknesses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic photosensitive material which includes a support and at least one silver halide photosensitive layer on the support, wherein the average equivalent sphere diameter of the silver halide of the silver halide photosensitive layer is 0.30 ?m or less, the silver halide photosensitive layer includes four or more kinds of silver halide grains having mutually different average equivalent sphere diameters, and the thickness between a surface of the support at a side at which the silver halide photosensitive layer is provided and a surface of the silver halide photosensitive layer at a side opposite to the support is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: A photosensitive material for forming a conductive film including a silver salt-containing emulsion layer, and a conductive layer containing conductive fibers, wherein the amount of the conductive fibers in the conductive layer is 0.005 g/m2 to 0.2 g/m2.

Abstract: A photosensitive material for forming a conductive film having a support, a silver salt-containing emulsion layer over the support, and one or more optional layers formed over the support or the silver salt-containing emulsion layer side of the support, wherein any one of the silver salt-containing emulsion layer or the optional layer(s) contains conductive fine particles and a binder, and the ratio by mass of the conductive fine particles to the binder (the conductive fine particles/the binder) is from 1/33 to 1.5/1.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having photographic constituting layers including, on a support, at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one red-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, in which a silver chloride content is 95 mol % or more and a silver iodide content is from 0.05 to 0.3 mol % in the silver halide emulsion of the red-sensitive layer, and in which the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 685 nm and 590 nm is from 1.2 to 2.5 log E or the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 660 nm and 590 nm is 0.8 to 2.0 log E, for a distribution of the spectral sensitivities when the material is exposed to lights equal in energy at each wavelength.

Abstract: A photosensitive material includes a support and an emulsion layer containing a silver salt emulsion, the photosensitive material is capable of forming a conductive metal film by exposing and developing the emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer has a swelling rate of 150% or more.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided that includes a cellulose acylate that satisfies the degrees of substitution below, and a hydrolysis-condensation product of a hydrolyzable and polycondensable reactive metal compound. 2.5?A+B?3.0 0?A?2.95 (In the expressions, A denotes the degree of substitution by acetyl, and B denotes the total of the degrees of substitution by acyl groups other than acetyl). There is also provided a process for producing the cellulose acylate film, the process including a step of preparing a solution that includes the cellulose acylate above, an oligomeric hydrolysis-condensation product of a hydrolyzable and polycondensable reactive metal compound, and a solvent, a step of casting the solution on a support, and a step of forming a film by removing the solvent and drying.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducing agent for thermal development, and further including at least two dyes having maximum absorption wavelengths different from each other, wherein the difference between the maximum absorption wavelengths is from 10 nm to 50 nm, a maximum absorption wavelength of a first dye corresponds to a wavelength of a first laser for imagewise exposure, and a maximum absorption wavelength of a second dye corresponds to a wavelength of a second laser for imagewise exposure. Moreover, an image forming method using a sheet of the photothermographic material, wherein a part of the sheet is imagewise exposed using a laser while another part of the sheet that has already been imagewise exposed is thermally developed, and a distance between the exposure portion and thermal developing portion is 50 cm or less, is provided.

Abstract: Use of a combination of a trisphenol reducing agent (developer) and a substituted olefinic co-developer in photothermographic materials provides a number of improvements including a reduction of sensitivity to high humidity and improved processing latitude.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having photographic constituting layers including, on a support, at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one red-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, in which a silver chloride content is 95 mol % or more and a silver iodide content is from 0.05 to 0.3 mol % in the silver halide emulsion of the red-sensitive layer, and in which the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 685 nm and 590 nm is from 1.2 to 2.5 log E or the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 660 nm and 590 nm is 0.8 to 2.0 log E, for a distribution of the spectral sensitivities when the material is exposed to lights equal in energy at each wavelength.

Abstract: A color photographic material is disclosed comprising a black image forming coupler substituted in the 2, 4 and/or 6 position shown by formula (I) or formula (II), where in LINK represents a divalent linking group, BALL represents a group that prevents the coupler from diffusing away from the layer containing it. X and Y each represent a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent. The material has a good color reproduction and excellent light stability.

Abstract: A high silver iodide photographic emulsion is provides, which has a high sensitivity and a narrow size distribution, and is a photosensitive silver halide photographic emulsion having a silver iodide content of 90 mol % or more, wherein the average grain size (R) and the average crystallite size (r) of silver halide emulsion grains in the emulsion satisfy the relationship of 1?R/r<2.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the application.

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material having high sensitivity and superior temporal storage stability. The photothermographic imaging material includes silver halide on at least one side of a support, and includes at least one kind of the compounds represented by the following general formula (1).

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion which exhibits high sensitivity, high contrast, little sensitivity variation with humidity conditions at the time of exposure, and excellent reciprocity law properties at high illumination intensities. Also, a method of preparing the emulsion in a stable manner, and a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and an image forming method that use the emulsion. The emulsion includes a mesoionic compound having a thiolate structure or a protonated thiolate structure, and the emulsion is sensitized by an Au (III) compound. The emulsion preferably contains an oxidatively dimerized form of a mesoionic compound having a thiolate structure, and a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a simple one pot method for preparing colloidal silver-biomolecule complexes. The complexes are formed in solution by mixing a biomolecule with appropriate amounts of a silver salt and a source of halide ions. The mixture is subsequently irradiated with light having a wavelength in the visible region. Silver colloid formation and complex formation occur simultaneously and interdependently. The present invention also provides solutions that include the inventive complexes, kits for preparing these, and methods of using the inventive complexes.

Abstract: The invention provides black and white silver halide material for optical contact copying, comprising: at least one photographic emulsion layer including a silver-halide-containing matrix in which the matrix includes a polymer and a hydrophilic binder, wherein the ratio of the weight of silver in the emulsion layer to the weight of polymer in the emulsion layer per unit area is less than 2.0. The photographic material is suitable for use in optical contact copying providing reduced contact gain compared to that provided by conventional photographic material.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the application.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the application.

Abstract: A high silver iodide photographic emulsion is provides, which has a high sensitivity and a narrow size distribution, and is a photosensitive silver halide photographic emulsion having a silver iodide content of 90 mol % or more, wherein the average grain size (R) and the average crystallite size (r) of silver halide emulsion grains in the emulsion satisfy the relationship of 1≦R/r<2.

Abstract: A processing method has been provided for an exposed silver halide black-and-white negative working sound recording film element, said processing method comprising the steps of processing said sound recording film element in a processing apparatus providing processing ability in a daylight environment, said processing method comprising the steps of developing in a time of less than 20 seconds; fixing in a fixer; rinsing and drying; making use of an automatic processing machine, the mentioned processing steps being followed by a step of controlling black-and-white densitometry, therefor providing the processing machine with a densitometer; further recording in a motion picture color print film and processing therein image area frames originating from an exposed and processed color negative recording film and from (an) optical soundtrack(s) originating from a silver halide black-and-white negative working sound recording film element, wherein said film element has been processed, after having been exposed, by t

Abstract: An image recording material comprising: a substrate; an electronic element layer comprising an electronic element capable of radio communicating on the substrate; a white pigment-containing layer containing a white pigment on the electronic element layer; and an image forming layer on the white pigment-containing layer, herein, in the white pigment layer, a variation coefficient S/R of a ratio of a white pigment-occupying area per unit area is 0.25 or less, S is a standard deviation of the ratio and R is an average value of the ratio.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains, wherein 50% or more of the projected area of the silver halide grains to be contained is occupied by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more and a grain thickness of 0.2 &mgr;m or less, with the tabular grains each having a phase with the content of silver bromide being 10% or more, and wherein in the phase, the tabular grains each contain a metal complex dopant in an amount necessary to increase the density of a dislocation. This emulsion produces high contrast and better granularity while it has high sensitivity. Further, there is also disclosed a silver halide photographic emulsion, wherein the average equivalent-circle diameter of the total tabular grains among the silver halide grains contained is 2.0 to 4.0 &mgr;m, and the tabular grains contain at least one metal complex having, as a ligand, a heterocyclic compound in a number more than half of the coordination number of the metal atom.

Abstract: This invention comprises an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: In the above Structure I, the substituents are as defined in the application. Such compounds have good reactivity and can by used to block photographically useful compounds such as developing agents until thermally activated under preselected conditions. Compounds according to the present invention are especially useful in color photothermographic imaging elements.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which contains at least one compound of the formula (1): Formula (1) wherein PUG represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which is bonded to the adjacent carbonyl group through a nitrogen atom, the heterocyclic group directly or indirectly has at least one nitro group as its substituent(s) and can give a pKa value of 9 to 11, ph represents a phenyl group and directly or indirectly has at least one dissociating group as its substituent(s), Z represents a substituent being capable of substitution on the benzene ring, and p is 0 to 4.

Abstract: This invention comprises an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein PUG is a photographically useful group; LINK 1 and LINK 2 are linking groups; TIME is a timing group; T represents t independently selected substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl groups, t is 0, 1, or 2 and if t is 2, the T groups can form a ring; HET is a heterocyclic group which optionally can form a ring with a T group; R12 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R12 can form a ring with a T group or with HET; 1 is 0 or 1; m is 0, 1, or 2; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: New compounds of the formula I are described, wherein n is >1; X is O or NR4; L is a n-valent linking group defined in claim 1 and R1 is H, halogen, C1-C25-alkyl, C3-C25-alkenyl, unsubstituted or by C1-C4-alkyl substituted C5-C8-cycloalkyl; R2 and R3 independently of each other are C1-C4-alkyl, or together with the carbon atom they are bonded to, form a carbocyclic C5-C7 ring, especially C5-C7 cycloalkylene; and m is 1-20, especially 2-4. Compounds of the formula I are active as Dox-scavengers in color photographic material.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: In the above Structure I, the substituents are as defined in the application, wherein B is a six-membered heteroaromatic ring. Such compounds have good reactivity and can by used to block photographically useful compounds such as developing agents until thermally activated under preselected conditions. Compounds according to the present invention are especially useful in color photothermographic imaging elements.

Abstract: A method for reducing dye stain of an exposed photographic element, said element comprising a support having thereon at least one image-forming layer containing a photobleachable dye, the method comprising processing the element, and exposing the processed element, in presence of a N-oxyazinium, to radiation that can be absorbed either by the photobleachable dye or by the N-oxyazinium.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element, such as a photographic or photothermographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the element also comprises a compound of Structure I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A high contrast photographic material comprises a support bearing a silver halide emulsion layer, containing in the emulsion layer or in an adjacent hydrophilic layer, a hydrazide nucleating agent characterized in that the emulsion layer contains silver halide grains of octahedral character which are spectrally sensitized and silver halide grains which are not octahedral in character eg cubic. Preferably only the grains which are octahedral in character are spectrally sensitized. Preferably the emulsion layer or an adjacent hydrophilic colloid layer contains a booster compound eg an amine rendering the material developable in a developer solution having a pH below 11. Preferably both types of grain are chemically sensitized. The use of tabular grains as causer emulsions enhances the absorption characteristics of the dyes so that as well as providing high photographic sensitivity the dye peaks are broadened.

Abstract: A radiographic film material is described including a transparent film support having first and second major surfaces coated with a subbing layer, optionally overcoated with an antihalation undercoat. Coated adjacent on each side of the film support is a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion overcoated with a protective antistress layer. The emulsion layer has chemically and spectrally sensitized {111} tabular hexagonal grains or crystals, having silver iodide in an amount of at most 3 mole %, based on silver, covering at least 50% of the total projective surface of all grains, having an average grain thickness of less than 0.30 &mgr;m. The antistress layer, or the optional antihalation undercoat or both includes a N-amino mercapto-triazole compound containing one or more alkali soluble group(s). A radiographic screen/film combination is also described including the film material.

Abstract: A black-and-white silver halide photographic film material, particularly suitable for use in radiography, has been disclosed, said material comprising a transparent film support having first and second major surfaces coated with a subbing layer, further coated adjacent thereto on one side (for a single-side coated material) or on both sides (for a duplitized material) of said film support and overcoated with a protective antistress layer, a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having chemically and spectrally sensitized {111} tabular hexagonal grains, accounting for at least 50% of the total projective surface of all grains, wherein said film material is coated with a low amount of silver and wherein said protective antistress layer(s)and/or another hydrophilic non-light-sensitive layer comprise(s) a compound according to general formula (I) in an amount of at least 0.5 mmole per mole of coated silver halide, as claimed.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: In the above Structure I, the substituents are as defined in the application. Such compounds have good reactivity and can by used to block photographically useful compounds such as developing agents until thermally activated under preselected conditions. Compounds according to the present invention are especially useful in color photothermographic imaging elements.

Abstract: A hydrophobically capped oligomeric acrylamide or pyrrolidone is employed as a dispersant for hydrophobic materials in an aqueous medium containing a hydrophilic colloid, e.g. gelatin. The hydrophobic materials include photographic addenda such as color couplers or solid particle dyes.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material is disclosed which comprises a support and on one or both sides thereof at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a protective antistress layer of hydrophilic colloid and which comprises in an outermost layer on the side(s) containing at least one emulsion layer a polyoxyalkylene compound as an antistatic agent, characterized in that said antistress layer comprises at least one synthetic clay. In addition to the preservation of antistatic properties after processing of the said material an improvement in surface glare as appreciated upon examination of medical X-ray films is obtained. Moreover the occurrence after processing of water spot defects and sticking is avoided.

Abstract: A polyester film which has the in-plane rate of dimensional change of more than 0.02%, but not more than 0.05%, when the film is kept for 72 hours under the conditions of temperature 60.degree. C. and relative humidity 80%, and the average value of the in-plane rate of dimensional change of from -0.07% to 0.03% and the in-plane anisotropy of the in-plane rate of dimensional change of from 0% to 0.08%, when the film is kept for 30 minutes at a temperature of 105.degree. C. This polyester film is low in heat shrinkage and excellent in thermal dimensional stability. A heat-development, photographic light-sensitive material using the polyester film is low in heat shrinkage and excellent in thermal dimensional stability.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material and a method for preparing said material is provided, wherein said material comprises a support and on one or both sides thereof at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a protective antistress layer as an outermost layer, characterized in that said silver halide emulsion layer(s) and/or said protective antistress layer comprise(s) at least one zeolite loaded with a photographically useful group. Said photographically useful group is a soluble salt, an organic compound releasing chloride, bromide or iodide, a sulfur salt, a selenium salt, a tellurium salt and/or a metal salt of group VIII.

Abstract: In a structure for making a display that forms images including a transparent substrate having first and second surfaces; a light sensitive conductive layer provided over the first surface of the transparent substrate and patternable to form conductive traces; and an array which can produce a colored image.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a display having light sensitive conductive traces, including providing first and second light sensitive layers respectively over both sides of an electrically sensitive light modulating layer, the first and second light sensitive layers being conductive and patternable; patterning the first light sensitive layer to a first wavelength of radiation to form first conductive traces; and patterning the second light sensitive layer to a second wavelength of radiation to form second conductive traces.

Abstract: An emulsification and dispersion method of a hydrophobic, photographically useful compound comprising dispersing a water-insoluble phase containing the hydrophobic, photographically useful compound in water or in a hydrophilic colloid composition, wherein the water-insoluble phase at a temperature at which the prepared dispersion is stored may have a viscosity of from 100 poise or more to less than 1,000,000 poise at the shear rate of 10 sec.sup.-1. According to the present invention, a silver halide photographic material comprising a fine dispersion of a hydrophobic, photographically useful compound and having an excellent production suitability can be obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains and the reductone of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different, and may represent H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or an alkyl group with a solubilizing group such as --OH, sulfonamide, sulfamoyl, or carbamoyl, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to complete a heterocyclic ring such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, or pyridinyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are H, OH, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or may together represent an alkylidene group, n is 1 or 2 and R.sub.3 is H, alkyl, aryl, or CO.sub.2 R.sub.6 where R.sub.6 is alkyl, andwherein the logarithm of the partition coefficient for the reductone when equilibrated as a solute between n-octanol and water (logP) is less than 0.293.

Abstract: The invention provides a multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing at least two silver halide emulsion layers having different sensitivities to blue light, a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light, and a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light, wherein:(1) the element comprises a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently represent H, an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to form a ring;R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, aryl, and acyl groups;R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, alkyl, and aryl groups;n is 1 or 2;and(2) the silver halide emulsion layer of the element that is most sensitive to blue light contains a silver halide grain population such that from 3 to 20 wt % of the total silver halide grains in the emulsion layer have a size (equivalent circular diameter) less than 0.2 micrometers.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I are suitable as release compounds for photographically useful groups (photographic units). On reacting with nucleophilic reagents, preferably with dinucleophiles, the photographically useful group is released. ##STR1## In formula I: PUG means a photographically useful group;A means a strong electron acceptor;V means a vinylene group or two or more successive vinylene groups, wherein the vinylene group or two successive vinylene groups may form part of an aromatic ring system;L means one or more timing groups;m means 0 (zero) 1 or 2;n means 0 (zero), 1 or 2;R.sup.1 means H or methyl;R.sup.2 means H, alkyl with 1-18 C atoms or aryl;R.sup.3, R.sup.4 mean H or an organic group,wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may also together mean the residue necessary to complete a ring.

Abstract: A color recording photographic element is disclosed containing a support and, superimposed on the support, blue, green and red recording layer units. The layer unit nearest the support contains a high chloride tabular grain emulsion and an optionally esterified glycolic ether having a molecular weight of at least 300 and containing at least one thioether moiety. The layer unit farthest from the support is free of the optionally esterified glycol compound. The advantages realized are an increased imaging density range, increased sensitivity, and increased contrast.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) and (a) a monodisperse silver halide emulsion, (b) non-photosensitive silver halide emulsion wherein the inside or the surface of grains is fogged, (c) a colloidal silver, (d) negative-type interval latent image-type silver halide grains chemically sensitized to a defined depth from the surface, (e) a sensitizing dye containing a sulfonamide group, (f) three separated layers of high, medium, and low sensitivities, (g) two separated layers each having different content of iodine, (h) grains each having a defined spectral sensitivity distribution and a DIR-hydroquinone, or (i) a DIR-hydroquinone: formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R.sup.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed containing a compound capable of releasing image-wise a photographic useful group (PUG) based on a mechanism involving radical formation under development conditions and splitting of a homolytically labile bond. In a preferred embodiment the compound capable of releasing the PUG is a hydrazine derivative or a 1-aryl-3-pyrazolidinone derivative.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a photographic product containing at least one light-sensitive layer consisting of a blend of silver halide emulsions.The blend of the invention is formed by at least one pure bromide emulsion, the proportion of fast emulsion grains in the blend is less than 50% compared with the total number of silver halide grains, and the proportion of slow emulsion grains in the blend is greater than 20%.The present invention makes it possible to obtain a radiation-sensitive photographic product which has improved sensitivity and granularity.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element containing a release compound that provides a non-imagewise distribution of a photographically active moiety, the release compound comprising a blocking group from which the photographically active moiety is released, the release compound further comprising a ballasting group other than a coupler moiety, and an aqueous solubilizing group, both the ballasting group and the aqueous solubilizing group being attached to the blocking group.