Abstract: Dye polymers are disclosed that J-aggregate in solution and when adsorbed to silver halide. These polymers comprise polymer repeat units having covalently bonded thereto cyanine dye units comprising two benzimidazole nuclei, in an amount sufficient to J-aggregate.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises at least one compound represented by the formula (I) and at least one compound represented by the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3 and V.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carboxy group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group or an aryl group, or V.sub.1 and V.sub.2, or V.sub.3 and V.sub.4 may be bound to each other to form a benzene ring;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group and may optionally form a salt with a metal atom or other organic compound;X.sup..crclbar.

Abstract: There are provided by the invention silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials containing dyestuff(s) represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are groups conventional in this technical field, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 each represent an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, COR.sup.7 and SO.sub.2 R.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group) (including the case where the dyestuff(s) is(are) in the form of salt(s)).The dyestuff(s) act(s) as a coloring agent for colored layer(s) for color filtering, antihalation, antiiradiation, etc.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains an uncolored magenta coupler and at least one compound capable of reacting with and fixing formaldehyde vapor, and at least 30 mol % based on the total amount of the uncolored magenta coupler present in the silver halide color photographic material is an uncolored 5-pyrazolone 2-equivalent magenta coupler.The silver halide color photographic material has good latent image stability and a reduced layer thickness and thus improved sharpness. It is further possible thereby to avoid a decrease in color density and the formation of fog normally present when the silver halide color photographic material is brought into contact with formaldehyde vapor during storage prior to color development processing.

Abstract: Magenta filters are disclosed which comprise an indolocarbocyanine dye in which the 3-carbon atom of each indole nucleus has bonded thereto at least one alkyl group which has from 3 to 12 carbon atoms and which is unbranched at the first carbon atom thereof. Also disclosed are color filter arrays comprising sets of differently colored filters wherein one set of filters comprises such an indolocarbocyanine dye, and light sensing semiconductor devices comprising such color filter arrays.

Abstract: A photographic element useful as a laser medical recording film, for example, is described. This element has near infrared sensitivity and is characterized by having an absorbing layer with an absorbing dye as described herein present as an antihalation backing layer.

Abstract: A photohardenable composition comprising a free radical addition polymerizable or crosslinkable compound and a cationic dye-borate anion complex, said complex being capable of absorbing actinic radiation and producing free radicals which initiate free radical polymerization or crosslinking of said compound; and photosensitive materials employing the composition where in one embodiment the composition is microencapsulated.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes are disclosed containing an acidic electron accepting terminal nucleus comprised of an isocyano group. The dyes are useful as spectral sensitizers in ultravioilet responsive imaging compositions.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes and ultraviolet absorbers are disclosed containing a basic electron donating terminal nucleus and an acidic electron accepting terminal nucleus satisfying the formula: ##STR1## where Ar is independently in each occurrence an aromatic group andD is an oxy or amino group.These polymethines are useful in imaging materials.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a specific water-soluble dye including at least three acid radicals. The water-soluble dye in the hydrophilic colloid layer absorbs light in the infrared region but does not adversely affect the photographic characterisitics of the photographic emulsion and is discolored upon photographic processing.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes and ultraviolet absorbers are disclosed containing a basic electron donating terminal nucleus and an acidic electron accepting terminal nucleus comprised of a triarylborylisocyano group. The dyes are useful in imaging materials.

Abstract: A fogged direct positive photographic silver halide emulsion containing a sensitizing amount of at least one cyanine dye defined above, e.g., cyanine dye containing a 1-phenylindole nucleus substituted in the 2-position with the 3-pyridyl group. The said cyanine dye is also covered. The dye useful in sensitizing the silver halide emulsion useful for fogged direct-positive films.

Abstract: A photographic material having an excellent rapid processability, a high sensitivity and a less sensitivity variation due to a change of standing of the silver halide emulsion in the course of preparation of the light-sensitive material, and its preparation process are disclosed. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains highly chloride-containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a water-soluble bromide of from 0.05 mol % to 2 mol % per mol of silver halide and a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not higher than 6.0.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having, upon a substrate, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer. The silver halide grains contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer is optically sensitized for maximum spectral sensitivity in the wavelength region of 450 to 500 nm, and at least one emulsion layer other than the blue-sensitive layer contains a magenta coupler represented by the following formula, the substituents of which are defined within the Specification. ##STR1## Photographic materials thus formed have both an increased blue and green sensitivity.

Abstract: A corner development type silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, wherein the silver halide crystals in the silver halide emulsion are cubic or tetradecahedral grains having at least substantial (100) planes and the emulsion is controlled so that at least 70% of developed silver halide crystals (grains), which are observed on applying a light exposure of 1/50 second to the emulsion under the light-exposure condition corresponding to (maximum density --minimum density).times.3/4 of the silver image in the characteristic curve of the emulsion obtained by the developer, developing under the development condition which are used for processing a photographic light-sensitive material formed by coating the emulsion on a support, and stopping the development with an aqueous solution of 5% glacial acetic acid just after the initiation of the development, are developed at the corners of the cubic or tetradecahedral crystals or at the vicinity of the corners.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel silver chlorobromide emulsion which is substantially free from silver iodide and which contains silver halide crystal particles comprising cubic, rectangular parallelepiped or tetradecanedral first silver halide crystals having six (100) surfaces which may further comprise additional (110) surfaces, at least one of the six (100) surfaces being conjugated with second silver halide crystals having a halogen composition different from that of the (100) surfaces of the first silver halide crystals and mainly comprising (110) surfaces, the second silver halide crystals being conjugated over the one or more surfaces of the first silver halide crystals in the form of one or more projections.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains and a binder, at least about 50 wt % of said silver halide grains comprising a silver halide grain matrix having thereon from about 10 to 10,000 protrusions per square micrometer of grain matrix surface, said individual protrusions having an average projected area diameter of up to about 0.15 .mu.m, and a halogen composition of said protrusions differing from that of the grain matrix; said silver halide emulsion being chemically sensitized with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur compound, a selenium compound, a reducing compound and a noble metal compound; and said silver halide emulsion being spectrally sensitized with a methine dye.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising at least one spectral sensitizing dye having the following general formula (I):Dye--J.sup.1 --CONH--J.sup.2 --NHNHG--R (I)wherein Dye represents a dye residue capable of becoming a spectral sensitizing dye; J.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkarylene group; J.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; R represents hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; and G represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted iminomethylene group.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one emulsion layer which contains a silver chlorobromide or silver chloride each having an iodide content of 3 mol % or less. The monodispersed emulsion is prepared in a process comprising the steps of, in sequence, forming silver halide grains which have a grain size distribution represented by a variation coefficient of 0.2 or less, causing halogen replacement in silver halide grains by addition of a water-soluble bromide in a proportion of from 0.6 to 20 mol % with respect to the total silver halide in the presence of at least one sensitizing dye selected from among simple cyanine dyes, carbocyanine dyes, and dicarbocyanine dyes at individual surfaces of the silver halide grains, and then subjecting the resulting silver halide grains to chemical sensitization, thereby achieving enhanced sensitivity and improved pressure characteristics.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising high silver chloride content tabular grains wherein at least 50 mol % of the silver halide is silver chloride and at least 50%, based on the total projected area of emulsion grains, are tabular grains having a ratio of diameter corresponding to a circle of the projected area to thickness of from 2/1 to 10/1.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one coupler represented by general formula (I) is contained in at least the green-sensitive emulsion layer: ##STR1## Moieties in the couplers are defined in the specification. The wavelength of the red-sensitive emulsion layer shows a defined maximum spectral sensitivity in the short wavelength side and wavelengths corresponding to 80%, 50%, 40%, 20% and 10% of the maximum sensitivity in defined wavelength regions. Similar values are given for the long wavelength side of spectral sensitivity.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one substantially light-insensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the substantially light-insensitive silver halide emulsion layer is present between a layer exhibiting the highest sensitivity among the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and the support. This material is decreased in halation and cross-over light, and is excellent in sharpness.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, an organic silver salt, and a binder, wherein silver halide grains in the silver halide emulsion are formed in the presence of sensitizing dyes. This light-sensitive material is greatly improved in its storage stability.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which is spectrally sensitized by adding a spectral sensitizing dye prior to the completion of formation of silver halide particles and at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, .dbd.N-- or --NH--, one of the Za--Zb bond and the Zb--Zc bond being a double bond and the other being a single bond, and when the Zb--Zc bond is a carbon-carbon double bond, it may form a part of an aromatic ring; R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and high contrast negative image forming process using them are disclosed. The material comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer in which said silver halide emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one hydrazine derivative, at least one cationic dye selected from a cyanine dye, a hemicyanine dye and a rhodacyanine dye, and L-ascorbic acid, and has photographic characteristics of giving very high contrast of over 10 in .gamma., giving high practical Dmax and sensitivity, and causing less black peppers using a stable developer and having optimum spectral sensitivity for spectral energy distributions of various light sources.

Abstract: A process for preparing a silver halide photographic emulsion to be used for a photographic material is provided. Therein, additives such as dyes, sensitizers, auxiliary agents to be used upon gold sensitization, and so on are utilized within a period from at the silver halide grain forming time to just before the emulsion coating, and oxidizing agents are added at the time when the functions of the additives become substantially needless to result in conversion of the additives to those having no bad influences on photographic characteristics of the emulsion prepared, or to those having such chemical structures as to facilitate their removal with a washing treatment or the like.Silver halide emulsions prepared by the described process are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is silver halide cubic crystal having a depression on each face thereof and/or a hollow portion formed by joining of the depression with other depressions. This crystal may be produced by precipitating first monodisperse cubic type silver halide crystals and then precipitating second silver halide having a lower solubility than the first silver halide crystals by controlled doublejet precipitation method to dissolve the first silver halide crystals. There are also disclosed a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising such silver halide crystal and a silver halide photographic high-sensitive material containing said silver halide to which a spectral sensitizing dye is adsorbed.

Abstract: A new group of cyanine and merocyanine spectral sensitizing dyes based on derivatives of 3-indolizine carboxaldehyde is particularly useful in sensitizing a direct positive silver halide emulsion to orange and red.

Abstract: A photographic emulsion is disclosed containing grains comprised of a silver salt capable of forming a latent image, a sensitizing dye, and a dispersing medium. The sensitizing dye is present in the form of host crystals, and the grains are in conductive contact with the host dye crystals. A photographic element containing the emulsion is also disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having high sensitivity and high covering power, particularly suitable for use in radiography comprising on a support, a silver halide emulsion layer having silver halide grains which have a grain-size distribution curve comprising at least two peaks of which in the mode form, the highest peak mode and another peak mode adjacent thereto stand leaving a space of 0.10.mu. to 0.30.mu. therebetween. An orthochromatic dye-sensitizer increases the sensitivity.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon a photographic layer comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer; wherein at least one of the photographic layers is hardened by a vinylsulfone hardener, and at least one layer selected from the group consisting of the photographic layers each hardened by the vinylsulfone hardener and the other photographic layers is hardened by a triazo compound, and further at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains silver halide particles which are spectrally sensitized by one of certain sensitizing dyes.

Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon (1) a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, (2) at least one of a base and a base precursor, and (3) a binder, wherein the silver halide emulsion is one which is chemically sensitized in the presence of a sensitizing dye. With the heat developable light-sensitive material, decrease in sensitivity and formation of fog during preservation thereof are prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for plate-making which comprises imagewise exposing by scanning type flash exposure a lithographic printing plate comprising a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least 70 mol % of silver chloride and prepared with addition of a water soluble iridium compound during emulsification or physical ripening of silver halide and a water soluble gold compound at any time before coating of the emulsion and thereafter subjecting the exposed emulsion to diffusion transfer development.

Abstract: There is provided a high speed and high contrast direct positive silver halide photographic emulsion which is free of discoloration by containing therein a dimethine dye having an indolenine ring which contains a cyano group as a substituent.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes are disclosed containing a tellurazolium nucleus which is substituted at its 2-position with methine chain which is in turn substituted at its .beta. position with a dye property modifier. These dyes can be used in photographic elements to facilitate image formation.

Abstract: High aspect ratio tabular grain direct reversal silver halide emulsions are disclosed. The emulsions can be incorporated in photographic elements, such as multicolor photographic elements. Image transfer film units incorporating these direct reversal emulsions are specifically disclosed.

Abstract: Alkanediyl bridged benzimidazolo monomethine cyanine dyes are disclosed wherein at least one benzimidazolo nucleus is provided with an electron-withdrawing group. A disclosed preparation of the dyes includes producing an electron-withdrawing group substituted bis(2-nitrophenyl)-2-R.sup.1 -propanediamide, where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl; converting the nitro groups to primary amine substituents; removing the elements of water to effect ring closure; and thereafter providing the -CR.sup.1 - linked benzimidazole nuclei so formed with an N,N'-alkanediyl bridging group and quaternizing substituents. Dye synthesis is completed by reducing the -CR.sup.1 - linking group to the corresponding methine. The dyes are useful as sensitizers in silver halide emulsions and photographic elements.

Abstract: Many photographic materials must be handled under special lighting conditions in order to prevent exposure of the material. The use of large concentrations of bleachable light absorbing layers over the photosensitive emulsion tends to leave an undesirable residual stain. The inclusion of a specific class of low intensity reciprocity failure inducers to silver halide emulsions enables the emulsions and their photographic articles to be safely handled under white light conditions.

Abstract: Silver halide emulsions of limited iodide content, processes for the preparation of these emulsions, photographic elements incorporating these emulsions, and processes for the use of the photographic elements are disclosed. In the emulsions silver halide grains predominantly bounded by {111} crystal faces and containing insufficient iodide to direct silver salt epitaxy to selected surface sites of the grains are present. Silver salt is epitaxially located on and substantially confined to selected surface sites of the silver halide grains, this being accomplished by the use of an adsorbed site director.

Abstract: High aspect ratio tabular grain silver halide emulsions, photographic elements incorporating these emulsions, and processes for the use of the photographic elements are disclosed. In the tabular grain emulsions the silver halide grains having a thickness of less than 0.5 micron (preferably less than 0.3 micron) and a diameter of at least 0.6 micron have a high aspect ratio and account for at least 50 percent of the total projected area of the silver halide grains present. Silver salt is epitaxially located on and substantially confined to selected surface sites of the tabular silver halide grains.

Abstract: Radiographic elements are disclosed comprised of first and second imaging portions separated by an interposed support capable of transmitting radiation to which the second imaging portion is responsive. At least the first imaging portion includes a silver halide emulsion in which high aspect ratio tabular silver halide grains are present. Spectral sensitizing dye is adsorbed to the surface of the tabular grains. Crossover can be improved in relation to the imaging characteristics.

Abstract: Photographic silver halide compositions and elements are provided which are spectrally sensitized with new methine dyes. The dyes are prepared from new intermediate compounds which have an acetylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon chain terminated with a nucleophilic group, the acetylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon chain being bonded to a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring system of the type used in cyanine dyes. The new intermediates also provide alternative synthetic routes to known dyes.

Abstract: Photoconductive compositions and materials including photoconductive substances and spectral sensitizers, are described; the sensitizers comprise diazastyryl dyes represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent an alkyl group or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together represent a group completing nitrogen-containing heterocyclic groups and A represents a group completing (a) benzothiazolium ring, (b) thiazolium ring, (c) imidazolium ring, (d) triazolium ring, (e) thiadiazolium ring, (f) pyridinium ring, (g) indazolium ring or (h) indolenium ring.

Abstract: In a silver halide photographic material, at least one mercapto complexing agent for silver salt is contained in at least one photographic constituting layer and at least one anion or betaine type cyanine sensitizing dye is contained in silver halide emulsion layer to improve photographic defects such as reduction of sensitivity, softening in tone, etc.

Abstract: A photoconductive composition comprising a photoconductive substance and at least one spectral sensitizer selected from azacyanines represented by formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) ##STR1## and a photosensitive member containing such a spectral sensitizer.

Abstract: A direct positive silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having coated thereon a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer and a hydrophilic colloid layer, at least one of said layers containing a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents R.sup.6 or R.sup.6 CO--; and R.sup.6 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic aromatic group or hydrogen; R.sup.2 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic aromatic group or a hydrogen atom; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together can form a ring; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or an aliphatic group; R.sup.5 represents Y or X--A--Y wherein X and Y, which may be the same or different, each represents a divalent aromatic group; and A represents a divalent group selected from --CONH--, --NHCONH--, --SO.sub.2 NH--, --B--CONH-- and --B--SO.sub.

Abstract: Photo-sensitive silver halide compositions and elements are spectrally sensitized with new mathine dyes having a trialkylsilylalkyl group attached to a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic nucleus of the dye.

Abstract: Direct-positive silver halide photographic sensitive materials of high sensitivity and capable of forming a high-contrast image are obtained by incorporating anion-type cyanine dyes having a polarographic oxidation halfwave potential not less positive than +0.4 V in externally fogged direct-positive silver halide emulsions containing not less than 70 mole-% of bromide. Additional incorporation of a development accelerator such as 2-mercaptoimidazoline improves developability.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic or aromatic residue; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic or an aromatic residue; and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a divalent aromatic group; and a method of forming a direct positive image which comprises processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support carrying thereon an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer in the presence of the compound represented by the said formula (I). The compound is particularly effective in combination with diffusible dye releasing (DRR) compounds having o-hydroxyarylsulfamoyl groups.

Abstract: A two-equivalent cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I) substituted with at least one substituent represented by general formula (II), having substituents as defined in the specification. This coupler has excellent color forming properties and good dispersibility as well as good color hue and excellent fastness to heat and light. The color photographic material containing the two-equivalent cyan dye forming couplers does not exhibit a decrease in color density of cyan color images even when it is processed with a bleaching solution which has a weak oxidation power or a bleaching solution which is exhausted.