Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.

Abstract: A patterning method is described that utilizes self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed with hydroxamic acid compounds and area selective atomic layer deposition (ALD). In the examples, regions of the SAM exposed to extreme ultraviolet radiation (EUV) become resistant to ALD deposition. Subsequent treatment of the exposed SAM to an ALD process results in selective growth of an ALD film on the non-exposed regions of the SAM, leaving the exposed regions substantially free of ALD material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor, a composition and a use thereof, wherein the compound has the structure of Formula I. These compounds can be used as SGK1 and JNK dual inhibitors with antioxidant effect, which can be formulated into suitable formulations for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor.

Abstract: Provided are aryl sulfonamide diarylurea derivative compounds that are inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase 1/2 (IDH 1/2), useful for treating cancer. Also provided are methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound described herein. Cancers that are treatable by the compounds of the invention are glioblastoma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasm, acute myelogenous leukemia, sarcoma, melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, chondrosarcoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).

Abstract: A semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor, provided with the aims of constraining resin burr formation while having good electric connectivity and joining strength, and LED device, provided with the aim of improving adhesion between silicon resin and leads while having good luminescent characteristics. For these purposes, an organic film is formed through self-assembly by functional organic molecules at surface border regions of outer leads of a QFP. The functional organic molecules consist of a first functional group bonding with metals, a principal chain, and a second functional group inducing hardening in thermosetting resins. The principal chain consists of a glycol chain, or else of a glycol chain and one or more among methylene, fluoromethylene, or siloxane chains. The principal chain also preferably includes one or more among a hydroxyl radical, ketone, thioketone, primary amine, secondary amine, and aromatic compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to use of inhibitors of Notch signalling pathway selected from the group consisting of 6-(4-Tert-Butylphenoxy)Pyridin-3-Amine (I3), its derivatives, in treating and/or preventing cancers.

Abstract: Black-and-white silver halide conductive film element precursors have, on one or both sides and in order, a UV filter layer, non-color hydrophilic photosensitive layer comprising a silver halide, and a hydrophilic overcoat as an outer layer. The one or two UV filter layers individually contains one or more UV absorbing agents in an amount of up 0.5 mmol/m2 and the total amount in the precursor is up to 1 mmol/m2 to prevent crosstalk during imagewise exposure. These precursors can be imagewise exposed and processed to provide conductive film elements with various conductive silver patterns (or grids) with narrow conductive silver lines on one or both sides. Such conductive film elements can be prepared with reduced yellowness as evidenced by reduced b* values. The resulting conductive film elements are highly transparent and can be used in various devices such as display devices.

Abstract: Provided are novel building integrable photovoltaic (BIPV) modules having integrated jumpers for interconnecting similar modules in adjacent rows. An integrated jumper is provided on a back side of the photovoltaic portion of the module and includes at least two interconnected jumper contact points. The module also has two connectors provided on the front side of its flap portion. Each connector has at least one connector contact point connected to one or more photovoltaic cells of the module. When a module is positioned over flap portions of two other modules previously installed in an adjacent row, the two jumper contact points on the back side of this new module make electrical connections to the two connector contact points on the front side of the installed modules. In turn, these connections interconnect the photovoltaic cells of the two modules without any need for additional connectors or operations.

Abstract: A method of improving conductivity of a metal pattern (18) includes providing a developed silver pattern (14) formed from a photographic silver salt provided in a binder coated on a substrate (12); and selectively heating the silver pattern with electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: A photosensitive material for forming a conductive film having a support, a silver salt-containing emulsion layer over the support, and one or more optional layers formed over the support or the silver salt-containing emulsion layer side of the support, wherein any one of the silver salt-containing emulsion layer or the optional layer(s) contains conductive fine particles and a binder, and the ratio by mass of the conductive fine particles to the binder (the conductive fine particles/the binder) is from 1/33 to 1.5/1.

Abstract: A photosensitive material for forming a conductive film having a support, a silver salt-containing emulsion layer over the support, and one or more optional layers formed over the support or the silver salt-containing emulsion layer side of the support, wherein any one of the silver salt-containing emulsion layer or the optional layer(s) contains conductive fine particles and a binder, and the ratio by mass of the conductive fine particles to the binder (the conductive fine particles/the binder) is from 1/33 to 1.5/1.

Abstract: A chemical processing apparatus includes a chemical tank that stores a chemical, means for transferring an object to be processed into the chemical and a lid disposed to cover a liquid surface of the chemical and to float on the chemical.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive silver salt of a fatty acid, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein 1) the photosensitive silver halide has an average silver iodide content of 40 mol % or higher, and 2) the photothermographic material includes a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: R1—C?C—R1???Formula (I) wherein R1 and R1? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, or heterocyclic group, and R1 and R1? are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits high sensitivity and excellent image storability, and an image forming method.

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: The present invention provides a black and white photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, as well as an image forming method. The black and white photothermographic material is characterized in that 50% or more of a total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide is occupied by tabular grains having a (111) face as a major face; the tabular grains have at least 2 parallel twin crystal planes in a grain; and a variation coefficient of a distribution of distances between closest twin crystal planes is 20% or less. Also provided is an image forming method that includes image exposure using fluorescent intensifying screens and thermal development.

Abstract: We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a photosensitive metal compound to form metal grains, particles or crystals. The metal adheres to the cells and forms the basis for sorting or separating different cell types. Photophoric labels may include chemiluminescent agents such as peroxidase enzymes activated with peroxidase substrates capable of luminescence. Photosensitive metal compounds may be present in a light-sensitive matrix or emulsion containing photosensitizable metal compounds, which form metal grains, particles or crystals upon exposure to a developer solution. Developer solutions are formulated to substantially allow living cells to remain viable after exposure to the developing solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material wherein a silver halide emulsion layer and/or a hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one hydrazine derivative, and a silver halide emulsion is spectrally sensitized with a particular dye, and which contains a benzotriazol compound. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that exhibits superior residual color property and can provide stable photographic performance even after a long term running with a reduced silver amount.

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 of the present invention comprises: a support; a photosensitive silver halide; a non-photosensitive organic silver salt; a heat developer; a binder; and a fluorine compound containing a specific structure.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, at least one layer of a blue sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color forming coupler, a green sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color forming coupler, and a red sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color forming coupler, wherein 70% or more of the projection area of the entire silver halide grains has at least one layer of a silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing silver halide grains satisfying the following (a) to (c), and (1) the photosensitive material contains at least one inter-image effect providing layer, or (2) the photosensitive material contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I): (a) the material comprises a tabular silver halide host grain with an aspect ratio of 5 or more having two principal surfaces parallel with each other and a protrusion portion of silver halide epitaxially joined onto the surface of the tabular silver halide host grain,

Abstract: Bis phenol reducing agents incorporating bicyclic and tricyclic substituents ortho to the hydroxyl groups on the aromatic rings have been found to provide photothermographic materials with improved silver efficiency and stability without significant loss in sensitometric properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which contains a fluorine compound having two or more fluorinated alkyl groups having two or more carbon atoms and 11 or less fluorine atoms and having at least one of an anionic hydrophilic group and a nonionic hydrophilic group, and has a characteristic curve drawn in orthogonal coordinates of logarithm of light exposure (x-axis) and optical density (y-axis) using equal unit lengths for the both axes, on which gamma is 5.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.3-3.0. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that provides high sensitivity, high contrast, favorable half tone dot quality and superior storage stability.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising at least (a) a photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a reducing compound represented by the following general formula (1), and (d) a binder: Q1—NHNH—R1: ??Formula (1) wherein, in the general formula (1), Q1 represents a 5- to 7-membered unsaturated ring bonding to NHNH—R1 at a carbon atom, and R1 represents a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfonyl group or a sulfamoyl group, provided that when R1 is propylcarbamoyl group, Q1 is not 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-4-cyanophenyl group. According to the present invention, there is provided a novel photothermographic materials showing high sensitivity, high development speed and little fluctuation of performance due to heat development temperature variation.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for a silver ion and a binder on one surface of a support, wherein a silver behenate-content of the non-photosensitive organic silver salt is 40 to 70 mol %, and the photothermographic material comprises a compound that can be one-electron-oxidized to provide a one-electron oxidation product, which further releases at least 1 electron, one of during and after a subsequent reaction.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming method including providing a photothermographic material having image forming layers containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on both surfaces of a support, imagewise exposing the photothermographic material with a fluorescent intensifying screen, and thermally developing the photothermographic material in a thermal developing apparatus having a heating section, wherein the heating section has at least two heating means and a difference between a sensitivity when the photothermographic material is developed at 25° C. and relative humidity of 75% and a sensitivity when the photothermographic material is developed at 25° C. and relative humidity of 20% is 0.20 or less. An image forming method similar to that described above in which the photothermographic material has an antistatic layer is also provided.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having a support provided on at least one side of the support light-sensitive silver halide particles, an organic silver salt and a reducing agent, as well as a leuco dye of a specific structure and a compound of a specific structure.

Abstract: A photothermographic emulsion is prepared by chemically sensitizing silver halide grains formed by oxidative decomposition of a diphenylphosphine sulfide compound on or around the silver halide grains. This procedure uses a unique sequence of steps and provides increased photographic speed and manufacturing reproducibility.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including a substrate carrying on one surface thereof an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for a silver ion, and a binder, wherein the photosensitive silver halide has a silver iodide content of 40 to 100 mol %, and an average particle size of 5 to 80 nm, and the photothermographic material contains a compound of the following general formula (1); Q-(Y)n—C(Z1)(Z2)X??General formula (1) wherein Q represents a heterocycle, Y represents a divalent connecting group, n represents 0 or 1, Z1 and Z1 each represent a halogen atom, and X represents a hydrogen atom or an electron withdrawing group.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising a support and having thereon an image forming layer containing an organic silver salt, light-sensitive silver halide grains, binder and a reducing agent, wherein the reducing agent comprises: a reducing agent A containing at least a bisphenol derivative represented by following Formula (A-1); and a reducing agent B containing at least a bisphenol derivative not represented by the Formula (A-1), and the amount of reducing agent A is 5 to 45 weight % of the total weight of the reducing agent A and reducing agent B.

Abstract: The invention relates to a recording material for the production of offset printing plates, having a web- or plate-form support, a radiation-sensitive layer on the front of the support and a continuous, pigment particle-free layer on the back of the support. The back layer essentially consists of an organic polymeric material having a glass transition temperature Tg of at least 45° C., and its surface has a Bekk smoothness of from 5 to 800 s. It also relates to a process for the production of this recording material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel heat-developable photosensitive material which hardly exerts an influence on the image color tone and exhibits high sensitivity. Disclosed is a heat-developable photosensitive material comprises, on the same surface of a substrate, at least (a) photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a compound represented by the general formula (5), (d) a binder, (e) a compound represented by the general formula (6) or (7), and (f) a compound represented by the general formula (3).

Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a support, an organic silver salt, a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent and a contrast-increasing agent, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a secondary or tertiary amino group-containing alkoxysilane compound and a polyethyleneimine. A light-shielding package of the photothermographic material is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein 40 mol % or more of silver halide contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is silver bromide and the silver halide contains 1×10−6 mole or more per mole of silver of a metal complex containing one or more cyanide ligands, and the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has a characteristic curve drawn in orthogonal coordinates of logarithm of light exposure (x-axis) and optical density (y-axis) using equal unit lengths for the both axes, on which gamma is 4.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.1-1.5. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material showing high contrast and high sensitivity.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising: a substrate; and a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, in a same region defined by the substrate, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a fluorine compound which comprises at least one fluoroalkyl group having 2 or more of carbon atoms and not more than 13 of fluorine atoms and at least one of anionic and nonionic hydrophilic groups, and 40 to 98% by mol of the non-photosensitive organic silver salts are silver behenate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising silver halide containing a metal complex having a cyanide ligand in a silver halide emulsion layer and comprising a hydrazine compound having an onium group in the molecule, and a method of developing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a developer having a pH of 9.0-11.0. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention can provide high sensitivity, high processing stability and high contrast images.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising a photosensitive silver halide, a reducible silver salt, a phenolic reducing agent, a binder and a compound represented by the following formula on the same surface of a support: wherein X1 is a substituent, X2 to X4 are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R1 is an alkyl group etc. The photothermographic material shows high sensitivity, high Dmax and low fog and can provide images suitable for use in photomechanical process.

Abstract: There is disclosed photothermographic material exhibiting superior photographic performance and having improved latitude for variation in thermal developing conditions, comprising on a support an organic silver salt, light-sensitive silver halide and a reducing agent for silver ions, wherein the reducing agent is represented by the following formula in which R1 through R4, L1, X1, X2 n and m have the meaning stated in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having layers containing a swellable inorganic stratifying compound on both sides of a support and having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on at least one of the layers. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material showing good dimensional stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for developing an exposed high contrast photographic silver halide material, said photographic material comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer, containing at least one hydrazide nucleating agent. According to the invention, the nucleating agent has the formula (I) and the photographic material is developed in a hydroquinone-free developer, comprising a main developing agent of the ascorbic acid or ascorbic acid salt type, and as auxiliary developing agent a mixture of 3-pyrazolidones of which at least one has the formula (II): wherein at least one of the radicals R3 to R9 contains a solubilizing group. This combination enables photographic materials with ultrahigh contrast to be obtained.

Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic imaging material is disclosed, comprising a light-sensitive aliphatic acid silver salt, a light-sensitive emulsion containing light-sensitive halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binder and a cross-linking agent, wherein the cross-linking agent is an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and the photothermographic material further comprises a compound selected from compounds represented by the following formulas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a highly sensitive photothermographic material containing on a support a silver salt of an organic acid, a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and, for example, a compound of which one-electron oxidized derivative produced by one electron oxidation of the compound is capable of releasing two or more electrons with a bond cleavage.

Abstract: The invention provides black and white silver halide material for optical contact copying, comprising: at least one photographic emulsion layer including a silver-halide-containing matrix in which the matrix includes a polymer and a hydrophilic binder, wherein the ratio of the weight of silver in the emulsion layer to the weight of polymer in the emulsion layer per unit area is less than 2.0. The photographic material is suitable for use in optical contact copying providing reduced contact gain compared to that provided by conventional photographic material.

Abstract: A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reducing composition for the non-photosensitive source reducible silver ions. The thermally-developable layers further comprises one or more radiation absorbing compounds that provide a total absorbance of greater than 0.6 and up to and including 3 in the thermally-developable imaging layer(s). These photothermographic materials are independently coated and dried while the material is conveyed at a rate of at least 5 meters per minute.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder on at least one side of a support, wherein a content of silver iodide in the photosensitive silver halide is 5% by mole or more, the binder contains polymer latex in an amount of 60% by weight or more, and the reducing agent is a compound represented by the following general formula (R): 1

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material comprising a substrate, and a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, reducing agents for thermal development and a binder which are provided on the substrate, wherein: the reducing agents for thermal development include a reducing agent which does not form a dye during thermal development and a reducing agent which forms a dye during thermal development; and the reducing agent which forms a dye has higher activity than that of the reducing agent which does not form a dye. It is preferable that the reducing agent which forms a dye at thermal development and has a specific chemical structure is contained in an amount of 40% by mol or less relative to a total amount of the reducing agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the application.

Abstract: The invention provides a photothermographic material including, on a same surface of a substrate, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a development accelerator and a binder, the material containing, as the binder, a polymer formed by copolymerizing a monomer represented by the following general formula (M) in an amount from 10 to 70 mass %:

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material having a support; a photosensitive layer containing photosensitive silver halide particles on one face of the support; and a non-photosensitive layer provided on a side of the support where the photosensitive layer is provided. At least one of the photosensitive layer and the non-photosensitive layer contains an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a compound represented by the Formula (1) and a compound represented by the Formula (2a).

Abstract: A single-side coated silver halide photographic film material has been disclosed, said film material comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer and a substantially light-insensitive protective hydrophilic colloid layer farther away from said support than said emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion rich in silver bromide with cubic crystals having an average numerical diameter in the range from 0.4 up to 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrahigh contrast photographic material comprising a support bearing a silver halide emulsion layer, containing at least one hydrazide nucleating agent in the emulsion layer and/or a hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein the nucleating agent comprises 2 to 4 hydrazide moieties which are linked directly to one another or to one another by a linking group. The material optionally contains a booster compound in the emulsion layer or hydrophilic colloid layer to enhance the ultrahigh contrast and to promote activity, or a booster compound may be present in the developer solution. The nucleating agents show unexpectedly good nucleation and low sensitivity to variation in development conditions and their synthesis is consistent, efficient and robust.