Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer on a surface of a support, wherein the surface of the support has pregrooves with a track pitch ranging from 50 to 500 nm, the recording layer comprises an azo metal complex dye in the form of a complex of at least one azo dye denoted by general formula (1) and at least one metal ion: wherein, in general formula (1), Q1 denotes an atom group forming a ring with two adjacent carbon atoms and a carbon atom bonded to —N?N-group, G1 denotes a heterocyclic group or carbocyclic group, and R1 denotes an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, or heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet having a substrate and a thermal transfer layer containing a thermal-transferable dye, a binder, and a release agent on one surface of the substrate, and a heat-resistant lubricating layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, in which the dye has at least one kind of a specific dye; the binder comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-series resin, a polyester-series resin, an epoxy-series resin, a polyurethane-series resin, a polyacrylic resin, a vinyl-series resin, a petroleum-series resin, a rosin derivative, a coumarone-indene resin, a terpene-series resin, a polyolefin-series resin, a polyvinyl butyral-series resin, and a polyvinyl acetoacetal-series resin; and the release agent is at least one kind of a polymer-type release agent having a molecular weight of from 5,000 to 100,000 and having a fluorine atom-substituted aliphatic group on its side chain.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, containing a substrate, at least one thermal transfer layer containing a thermally transferable dye and a resin, disposed on one surface of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slipping layer disposed on another surface of the substrate, wherein said at least one thermal transfer layer contains at least one kind of polymer type releasing agent having a mass-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000 and also having a fluorine-substituted aliphatic group at a side chain of the polymer, and at least one kind of non-polymer type fluorine-system surfactant.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including at least one heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer provided in this order on a support, wherein the protective layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and/or a compound represented by the following Formula (2), a method for manufacturing the heat-sensitive recording material, and a heat-sensitive recording method using the heat-sensitive recording material provided.

Abstract: A method of forming an image, containing superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy from a side of a heat-resistant lubricating layer described below of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet, to form a thermally transferred image, in which the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises a substrate, a thermal transfer layer containing a thermally transferable dye and a resin on one face of the substrate, and the heat-resistant lubricating layer on the other face of the substrate; the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprise a support, and a heat insulation layer and a receptor layer on the support in this order; the thermal transfer layer contains a polymer compound having fluorine atom-substituted aliphatic groups on its side chains; and the receptor layer contains a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature of from 20° C. to 60° C.

Abstract: A method of producing an image, having superposing an ink sheet on an image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy, wherein the ink sheet comprises a yellow, magenta and cyan dye layers each containing at least one kind of each of yellow, magenta or cyan dye represented by formulae (1), (2) or (3); and wherein a receptor layer of the image-receiving sheet contains a latex polymer; wherein A is a phenylene; R1 and R2 are a hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl; R3 is a hydrogen, or an alkyl, aryl, amino, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl or carbamoyl; R4 is an alkyl or aryl; B is a phenylene or pyridine ring; R5, R6, R7, R8, R12 and R13 are an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl; D is a phenylene; R9 is a hydrogen or halogen; R10 is an alkyl; and R11 is an acylamino or alkoxycarbonylamino.

Abstract: An ink composition containing at least a polymerizable composition, a pigment, and a polymer represented by General Formula (1): where R1 represents an (m+n)-valent organic linking group, R2 represents a single bond or divalent organic linking group; A1 represents a monovalent organic group having a pigment adsorption structure that contains at least one selected from organic pigment structure, heterocyclic structure, acidic group, group having a basic nitrogen atom, urea group, urethane group, group having a coordinating oxygen atom, hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms, alkoxysilyl group, epoxy group, isocyanate group, and hydroxyl group; the n groups A1 and bonds or groups R2 may independently be the same or different; “m” is 1 to 8, “n” is 2 to 9, and m+n is 3 to 10; P1 represents a polymer skeleton; and the m skeletons P1 may be the same or different.

Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein, in the formula (1), R1 represents any one of a hydrogen atom, a substituted alkyl group, and an unsubstituted alkyl group; R2 represents an alkylene group; W represents any one of —CO—, —C(?O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(?O)—, and a phenylene group; X represents any one of —CO—, —NHCO—, —OC(?O)—, —CH(OH)CH2—, and —SO2—; R3 and R4 represent a monovalent substituent; R3 and R4 may be bound to each other to form a ring structure; and m and n each independently represent 0 or 1.

Abstract: The invention provides a cationic polymerizable composition comprising at least one oxetane compound containing an unsubstituted methyl group and at least one oxirane compound containing an unsubstituted methyl group.

Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition, which contains a compound having, in its molecule, an oxetane ring and at least one selected from a dioxolane ring, a dioxane ring, and a dioxepane ring; an ink composition, which contains a cationically-polymerizable compound having, in its molecule, both an oxetane ring and a bicycloorthoester ring; an inkjet ink, which contains the active energy ray-curable ink composition or the ink composition; and an image-forming method and a recorded material, using the inkjet ink; an oxetane compound of a specific structure.

Abstract: A process for preparing a triazine compound represented by formula (1) including reacting a 2,4,6-trichlorotriazine, in the presence of a base, with a compound represented by the formula (2) in an organic solvent containing water and an aromatic hydrocarbon is provided.

Abstract: A coloring composition comprising a dye compound represented by formula (I): wherein Dye represents a dye structure portion; Q represents —SO—, —SO2—, —SO2NR11—, —CO— or —CONR12— in which R11 and R12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; W represents a divalent aliphatic group; M represents an ionic group; and m represents an integer of 1 or greater, and wherein the dye compound satisfies conditions 1 and 2: Condition 1: 200<Mw/(the number of CO2M groups contained in the dye compound)<500 Condition 2: (the number of CO2M groups contained in the dye compound)/p>0.5, with the proviso that Mw represents a molecular weight of the dye compound represented by the formula (1); and p represents the total number of ionic hydrophilic groups substituted on the dye compound represented by the formula (1).

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including at least one heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer provided in this order on a support, wherein the protective layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and/or a compound represented by the following Formula (2), a method for manufacturing the heat-sensitive recording material, and a heat-sensitive recording method using the heat-sensitive recording material provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester resin composition containing an organic modified layered silicate and a thermoplastic polyester resin, wherein the organic modified layered silicate contains between layers of a swellable layered silicate a cationic compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein X? represents an anion; Y+ represents one group of atoms forming an ammonium cation, a phosphonium cation, and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound cation; Z is at least one kind of unit derived from a monomer having an ethylenic double bond; p is 1 to 30 mol %; and q is 70 to 99 mol %.

Abstract: A process for preparing a triazine compound represented by formula (1) including reacting a 2,4,6-trichlorotriazine, in the presence of a base, with a compound represented by the formula (2) in an organic solvent containing water and an aromatic hydrocarbon is provided.

Abstract: A diazonium salt represented by the following general formula (1) and a thermal recording material using the diazonium salt: General Formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, and R1 and R2 may be linked each other to form a ring; and R3 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group or a diazonio group, and at least one of R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents the diazonio group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diazonium salt represented by the following general formula (1) and a synthesizing method thereof, as well as a recording material using the diazonium salt. In general formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group. R2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group. Each of R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent. Here, at least one of R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents —N2+X?. X? represents an anion.

Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat sensitive recording layer containing a diazonium salt compound disposed on the support, wherein a compound represented by following formula (1) is contained in the heat sensitive recording material, as well as a microcapsule containing a diazonium salt compound and the compound represented by the following formula (1): in which R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, aryl group, alkoxy group, or aryloxy group; R6 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group or aryl group; and R1 and R7, R1 to R5, and R6 and R8 may join with each other to form a ring, providing that a ring formed by joining of R1 and R7, or R6 and R8 does not form an aromatic ring.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a diazonium salt and a coupler, the heat-sensitive recording layer being disposed on or over the substrate, wherein the diazonium salt is a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording material including a support having disposed thereon a recording layer that contains a diazo compound and a compound represented by formula (1): 1