Abstract: A thiophene compound represented by formula (I): 1

Abstract: A device and a method for exposure of visual data onto light-sensitive recording material, a light source which emits light in at least one color, and a control unit for regulating the light amount. The control unit is connected to a light measuring unit. The light measuring unit has at least two detectors, which measure at least two different spectral components of the same exposure color. The control unit and the light measuring device form a closed loop control circuit.

Abstract: A process for preparing a 2-hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine-5,7-dicarboxylic acid diester comprising the reaction of the alkali salt of 3,4-dihydroxythiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid diester and epihalohydrin in a molar ratio in the range of 1.01 to 1.4 in a polar solvent or mixture of polar solvents at a temperature between −20° C. to the boiling point of the polar solvent or polar solvent mixture.

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: Images being processed in a photographic laboratory system into different forms of output are automatically evaluated to determine for each image whether it is of sufficient quality to merit processing into a selected form of output.

Abstract: A phosphor panel with a protective coating divided in at least two layers, a layer A, being closest to said phosphor layer and a layer B farther away from said phosphor layer wherein the layer A is a layer of parylene.

Abstract: A method for the manufacturing of a Thin Film Inorganic Light Emitting Diode is disclosed. The device contains in one single layer or in a double layer a dispersion of zinc sulfide doped with a luminescent centre, and a water-compatible p-type semiconductive polymer, preferably a polythiophene/polymeric polyanion complex.

Abstract: A photostimulable phosphor screen including a photostimulable phosphor and a transparent outermost layer with a thickness, d, larger than 150 &mgr;m for providing enhanced sharpness of an image obtained in portions with a higher spatial frequency than 2 line pairs per mm by applying a method for reading a radiation image stored in a photostimulable storage phosphor screen with a thick transparent outermost layer when the screen is stimulated through the transparent outermost layer and the stimulated light is read through the transparent outermost layer.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a hydrophilic support and a coating provided thereon, wherein the coating comprises an infrared light absorbing cyanine dye, the dye containing a bridged methine chain and from three to five groups which are anionic or which become anionic in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH of at least 9. Such dyes provide high sensitivity and low dye stain after processing.

Abstract: A material having a conductive pattern, the material comprising a support and a conductive element, the conductive element being 500 nm thick or less and containing a polyanion and an intrinsically conductive polymer, characterized in that one surface of the conductive element is an outermost surface of the material and the other surface of the conductive element is contiguous with a patterned surface, the patterned surface consisting of at least two types of surface element, and those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type A surface element exhibiting a surface resistance at least a factor of ten greater than those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type B surface element; a material for making a conductive pattern, the material comprising a support and a conductive element, the conductive element containing a polyanion and an intrinsically conductive polymer, characterized in that one surface of the conductive element is an outermost surface of the material, the other surface

Abstract: A material having a conductive pattern, the material comprising a support and a conductive element, the conductive element being 500 nm thick or less and containing a polyanion and an intrinsically conductive polymer, characterized in that one surface of the conductive element is an outermost surface of the material and the other surface of the conductive element is contiguous with a patterned surface, the patterned surface consisting of at least two types of surface element, and those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type A surface element exhibiting a surface resistance at least a factor of ten greater than those parts of the conductive element contiguous with a type B surface element; a material for making a conductive pattern, the material comprising a support and a conductive element, the conductive element containing a polyanion and an intrinsically conductive polymer, characterized in that one surface of the conductive element is an outermost surface of the material, the other surface

Abstract: A porous metal oxide semiconductor with a band gap of greater than 2.9 eV spectrally sensitized on its internal and external surface with one or more metal oxides with a band-gap of less than 2.9 eV or a mixture thereof; a process for spectrally sensitizing a nano-porous metal oxide with a band-gap of greater than 2.9 eV on its internal and external surface comprising the steps of: providing a nano-porous metal oxide with a band gap of greater than 2.9 eV, applying a solution of a metal compound or salt which upon pyrolysis or upon hydrolysis and subsequent pyrolysis yields a metal oxide with a band-gap of less than 2.9 eV and heating the nano-porous metal oxide oxide with a band-gap of greater than 2.9 eV to which the metal salt had been applied to pyrolyse or hydrolyse and subsequently pyrolyse the salt to the metal oxide with a band-gap of less than 2.9 eV; and a second process for spectrally sensitizing a nano-porous metal oxide with a band-gap of greater than 2.

Abstract: Printing media, a method and an apparatus for printing an image on a print medium are provided, the image having super-pixels made up of a combination of dots, wherein each of the dots is independently controlled with respect to the size of each dot, the density of each dot, and an overlap of at least two of the dots.

Abstract: A method for removing ink-accepting areas of a lithographic printing master is disclosed which enables to recycle the lithographic substrate of the printing master. The method comprises the following step which is preferably carried out on-press: applying a cleaning liquid to the printing master, the cleaning liquid being an emulsion of an organic compound in water, further comprising a compound according to formula (I): wherein X=OH, O−, a polymer backbone.

Abstract: A layer configuration on a support, the layer configuration comprising a layer containing a polymer containing optionally substituted 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene structural units, in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, and a compound selected from the group consisting of polyphosphoric acids, polyphosphoric acid salts, thia-alkanedicarboxylic acids, cyclohexadiene compounds and polyhydroxy-compounds selected from the group consisting of tetronic acid derivatives; ortho-dihydroxybenzene compounds with at least one sulpho group, compounds according to formula (I):

Abstract: A layer configuration on a support, the layer configuration comprising a non-photoactive element exclusive of poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)s and poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene)s, the element containing a first polymer containing structural units according to formula (I): 1

Abstract: A layer configuration on a support, the layer configuration comprising a non-photoactive element exclusive of unsubstituted poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)s, the element containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarboxy-polymers, optionally quaternized polyamine-polymers and poly(vinylphosphonic acid), the surface of one side of the element being contiguous with a positive electrode and the surface on the opposite side of the element being contiguous with a material capable of transporting holes.

Abstract: A method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising the steps of: (i) providing a layer on a substrate, the layer comprising a polythiophene according to formula (I): 1

Abstract: A method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising the steps of: (i) providing a layer on a substrate, the layer comprising a polythiophene according to formula (I): 1

Abstract: A direct-to-plate method for obtaining a high quality lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The method comprises the application of a continuous layer of a radiation sensitive solution onto a lithographic substrate by means of an ink-jet printhead. Hereby waste of coating solution and contamination of the environment are avoided.