Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element having at least one organic compound layer between a pair of electrodes. The at least one organic compound layer includes at least one luminescent layer, and the luminescent layer comprises at least one luminescent dopant and plural host compounds. The main peak in the emission spectrum of a single-layer film comprising only the plural host compounds prepared under the same film-forming conditions under which the luminescent layer is prepared has a wavelength that is at least 15 nm longer than the main peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of each of the plural host compounds.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material comprising on a support light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least 30 mole % of the total light-sensitive silver halide is silver halide of high silver iodide content having an average ?-phase proportion of from 5 to 70 mole %, and a method of forming images on the heat-developable photosensitive material with a semiconductor laser.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a pair of electrodes and one or more organic compound layers including at least one light-emitting layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the at least one light-emitting layer contains at least one luminescent dopant and a plurality of host compounds. The ionization potential of the dopant is Ip(D), the minimum value out of the ionization potentials of the plurality of host compounds is Ip(H)min, and ?Ip is defined by ?Ip=Ip(D)-Ip(H)min and satisfies a relationship of ?Ip>0 eV. The electron affinity of the dopant is Ea(D), the maximum value out of the electron affinities of the plurality of host compounds is Ea(H)max, and ?Ea is defined by ?Ea=Ea(H)max-Ea(D) and satisfies a relationship of ?Ea>0 eV.

Abstract: An image forming method comprising by imagewise exposing a photothermographic material comprising at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, on at least one surface of a support, and thermally developing the photothermographic material at a line speed of 20 mm/sec or higher using an image forming apparatus, wherein the reducing agent is a bisphenol compound which has at a meso-position a substituent with ring structure or a substituent having an unsaturated bond.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on both sides of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, and an image forming method utilizing the same, characterized in that the image forming layer on a first side has an infectious development property, and the image forming layer on the other side does not have an infectious development property or has an infectious development property that is smaller than that of the image forming layer on the first side. The invention provides a double-sided type photothermographic material having improved photographic properties and an image forming method utilizing the same.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising: a support; and a photosensitive silver halide, a nonphotosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein the photosensitive silver halide comprises 90% by mole or more of a silver iodide and has a silver iodobromide structure having an average silver iodide content of 35% by mole or less in vicinity of a surface thereof.

Abstract: The present invention a photothermographic material including: a support; and an image-forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder on at least one side of the support, wherein the photosensitive silver halide includes tabular grains with an average silver iodide content of 40 mol % or more, an average thickness whitin the range of 0.001 to 0.5 ?m and an average aspect ratio of 2 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photothermographic material including, on a same surface of a support, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein the photosensitive silver halide has a silver iodide content within a range from 40 to 100 mol %, and the material is thermally developed within a developing time of 12 seconds or less. The invention also relates to an image forming method using the photothermographic material.

Abstract: An image forming method, including a step of using an image forming apparatus to form an image on a photothermographic material comprising, on at least one surface of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein the method satisfies one of the following conditions:

Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image by exposing a photothermographic material to a laser beam, the laser beam being a laser diode beam having a peak light-emission intensity at a wavelength of 350 nm to 450 nm. The photothermographic material comprises at least a non-photosensitive silver salt, a photosensitive silver halide, a binder and a reducing agent, wherein a silver iodide content of the photosensitive silver halide is 40% by mole or more.

Abstract: A photothermographic material containing, on a substrate, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder in which the total silver iodide content of the photosensitive silver halide is 40 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less, and the coating amount of the photosensitive silver halide, in terms of an amount of silver, is 0.0005 g/m2 or more and 0.4 g/m2 or less, as well as an image forming method for the photothermographic material which comprises exposing the photothermographic material by using a semiconductor laser having an emission peak intensity at a wavelength of from 350 nm to 450 nm as a light source.

Abstract: A photothermographic material, comprising at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein a total silver iodide content of the photosensitive silver halide is 40% by mole or more and thermal development is started within 60 sec after exposure.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising: a support; and a photosensitive silver halide, a nonphotosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein the photosensitive silver halide comprises 90% by mole or more of a silver iodide and has a silver iodobromide structure having an average silver iodide content of 35% by mole or less in vicinity of a surface thereof.

Abstract: A mono-sheet heat-developable photosensitive material, which comprises a layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic fatty acid silver salt, a thermal developer and a binder on a support, and exhibits substantially no sensitivity after being subjected to heat-development.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material comprising a support and an image forming layer provided thereon, the image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, the photothermographic material meets at least one of the following conditions of (i) and (ii):

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material comprising on a support light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least 30 mole % of the total light-sensitive silver halide is silver halide of high silver iodide content having an average &ggr;-phase proportion of from 5 to 70 mole %, and a method of forming images on the heat-developable photosensitive material with a semiconductor laser.