Abstract: A photosensitive recording medium comprises a composition containing a radical-polymerizable monomer, a cationic-polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, and a cationic-polymerization initiator as main constituents. A method of producing a hologram comprises a first step of preparing the photosensitive recording medium; a second step of exposing the medium to an interference pattern of radiation rays; and a third step of exposing the entire region of the medium to light; and optionally a fourth step of heating the entire of the medium.

Abstract: To provide a reagent with excellent stability under storage, which can detect a subject compound to be measured with higher specificity and sensitibity.Complexes of a compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 independently represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, sulfonate group, amino group, styryl group, nitro group, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, cyano group, or aryl azo group; R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 may or may not be bonded to each other to form a substituted or an unsubstituted condensed ring; F.sub.1 represents a divalent organic residue; and X.sub.1.sup..crclbar. represents an anion) and the like with immunoglobulin and the like are formed.

Abstract: A photosensitive recording medium comprises a composition containing a radical-polymerizable monomer, a cationic-polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, and a cationic-polymerization initiator as main constituents. A method of producing a hologram comprises a first step of preparing the photosensitive recording medium; a second step of exposing the medium to an interference pattern of radiation rays; and a third step of exposing the entire region of the medium to light; and optionally a fourth step of heating the entire of the medium.

Abstract: A toner for electrophotography contains at least a colorant and a binder resin, and (i) contains 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of colorant per 100 parts by weight of binder resin, (ii) has a number average particle size of 0.5 to 6.0 .mu.m, (iii) has a coefficient of variation of 20% or less based on a number distribution, and (iv) has a capsule structure containing a shell layer and a core. The toner has solvent-mixture-soluble resin components extracted with a solvent mixture of ethanol and methyl ethyl ketone wherein the maximum glass transition temperature (Tg1) of a first soluble resin component obtained by extracting until 10% by weight of the total weight of the solvent-mixture-soluble resin components, and the maximum glass transition temperature (Tg2) of a second soluble resin component of the remainder satisfy the following relations:Tg1>Tg2 and Tg1.gtoreq.50.degree. C.

Abstract: A labeled complex formed by combining a labeling agent with a biological substance, where the labeling agent is a trinucleus dye represented by the general formula (I)' or (II)':ring(Xa)-La-ring(Xb)-Lb-ring(Xc) (I)'?ring(Xa)-La-ring(Xb)-Lb-ring(Xc)!.sup..sym. Y.sup..crclbar.(II)'where the ring(Xa), ring(Xb), and ring(Xc), which mean rings having Xa, Xb, or Xc respectively, are independently a heterocyclic ring having one to three heteroatoms of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or selenium, the heterocyclic ring being unsubstituted or substituted by any of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; La and Lb are independently a methine chain composed of one to six substituted or unsubstituted methine linkage, and one of La and Lb may be omitted to link directly the heterocyclic rings; and Y.sup..crclbar. represents an anion.

Abstract: To provide a reagent with excellent stability under storage, which can detect a subject compound to be measured with higher specificity and sensitibity.

Abstract: A photosensitive material comprises a photosensitive composition comprising a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element. An imagewise unexposed area on the material is polymerized by imagewise exposure, heating and whole areal exposure. The photosensitive and heat-developable element comprises at least a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt and a reducing agent of the formula ##STR1## The photopolymerizable element comprises at least a polymerizable polymer precursor and a photopolymerization initiator. An image forming method comprises the steps; subjecting a photosensitive material in the same layer to imagewise exposure and heating to form an image; and subjecting the resultant photosensitive material to whole areal exposure to polymerize and imagewise unexposed or exposed area thereof.

Abstract: A dry process silver salt photosensitive material has a support and provided thereon a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a photosensitive silver halide or a photosensitive silver halide forming component. The photosensitive layer is incorporated with a compound selected from the compounds (i), (ii) and (iii).

Abstract: A dry process silver salt photosensitive material is disclosed which has a support and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least a photosensitive silver halide or photosensitive silver halide forming component, an organic silver salt and a pyrrole compound. The photosensitive material has a broad latitude for heat development and can form images with a high contrast.

Abstract: A heat developing photosensitive material of the present invention has, on a substrate, a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a photosensitive silver halide or a photosensitive silver halide forming agent, a cyanine dye and a cyclic carbonyl compound.In an image forming method of the present invention, an image is exposed on the heat developing photosensitive material and then the exposed photosensitive material is heated.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material including a photosensitive layer formed on a support, the photosensitive layer at least containing an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, either a photosensitive silver halide or a photosensitive silver halide forming agent, and a sensitizing dye of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## where r is hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted amino; r.sup.1 and r.sup.2 are each substituted or unsubstituted aryl or r.sup.1 and r.sup.2 are bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; r.sup.3, r.sup.4 and r.sup.5 are each hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl; X.sup.1 is oxygen, sulfur, carbon, nitrogen or selenium, wherein when X.sup.1 is carbon or nitrogen, then X.sup.

Abstract: To provide a reagent with excellent stability under storage, which can detect a subject compound to be measured with higher specificity and sensitibity.Complexes of a compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 independently represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, sulfonate group, amino group, styryl group, nitro group, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, cyano group, or aryl azo group; R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 may or may not be bonded to each other to form a substituted or an unsubstituted condensed ring; R represents a divalent organic residue; and X.sub.1.sup..crclbar. represents an anion) and the like with immunoglobulin and the like are formed.

Abstract: A heat developing photosensitive member including: a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a photosensitive silver halide or a photosensitive silver halide forming agent; and a supporting member for supporting the photosensitive layer thereon, wherein merocyanine dye having a structure in which a thiazole nucleus or selenazole nucleus and hydantoin nucleus, thiohydantoin nucleus or selenohydantoin nucleus are combined with each other by a combining group having a methine group is contained in the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material is disclosed which has a support and a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a silver halide and a reducing agent, a water-soluble polymeric layer containing a water-soluble polymeric material, and a hydrophobic polymeric layer containing a hydrophobic polymeric material.

Abstract: A photosensitive material comprises a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a polymerizable polymer precursor, a photopolymerization initiator and a heat-diffusible coloring matter. As a preferred embodiment, the photosensitive material comprises a photosensitive layer containing the photosensitive silver halide, the organic silver salt and the reducing agent, a polymerizing layer containing the polymerizable polymer precursor and the photopolymerization initiator, and a coloring material layer containing the heat-diffusible coloring material. A image forming method employing the photosensitive material comprises the steps of a) subjecting the photosensitive material to imagewise exposure; b) heating the photosensitive material; c) subjecting to whole areas exposure at least the polymerizing layer; and d) heating at least the coloring material layer to transfer the heat-diffusible coloring matter to an image-receiving material, thus forming a color image.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image by application of light beam to a photosensitive member includes a photosensitive member; a light source for emitting first and second beams, one of the first and second beams bearing image information; and a scanner for scanning the photosensitive member with the first and second beams with a time interval so that they are overlapped on the photosensitive material.

Abstract: An image is formed by subjecting to imagewise exposure an image forming medium containing at least a heat-diffusible coloring matter, a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a polymerizable polymer precursor and a photopolymerization initiator; heating the image forming medium thus treated; subjecting it to polymerization exposure to form a polymerized area and an unpolymerized area in the image forming medium; separating the polymerized area from the unpolymerized area; and superposing an image receiving medium onto the unpolymerized area to transfer the heat-diffusible coloring matter in the unpolymerized area to the image receiving medium.

Abstract: An image forming method is conducted by subjecting a dry silver salt image forming medium to imagewise exposure and heating to form a light-absorbing organic compound. Thereafter, the medium is subjected to polymerization exposure to imagewise polymerize the medium based on the formation pattern of the light-absorbing compound. The light-absorbing organic compound has specific sensitivities to light in order to maximize contrast.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material is disclosed which has a support and a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a silver halide and a reducing agent, a water-soluble polymeric layer containing a water-soluble polymeric material, and a hydrophobic polymeric layer containing a hydrophobic polymeric material.

Abstract: An image forming method, comprises the steps of, using an image forming medium containing a heat-diffusible coloring matter, a polymerizable polymer precursor and a polymerization initiator; causing said polymerizable polymer precursor of said image forming medium to selectively polymerize to form a latent image comprised of a polymerized area and an unpolymerized area; andheating said image forming medium on which said latent image has been formed and which is laid overlapping on an image receiving medium, so as to satisfy the following formula (A):Tg.sub.1 .ltoreq.Ttrans.ltoreq.Tg.sub.2 (A)wherein Ttrans represents a temperature of said image forming medium, Tg.sub.1 represents a glass transition point of said unpolymerized area, and Tg.sub.