Abstract: A novel red-sensitizing dye compound has a structure which contains a pentamethine oxonol chromophore linked to one or two cyanine chromophores. A photographic element comprises a support upon which is coated a silver halide emulsion layer comprising cubic silver halide crystals and said red-sensitizing dye compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides dyes markedly excellent as sensitizing dyes for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials. Said dyes are represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be identical or different and each represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, R.sub.3 represents a heterocyclic group, Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 may be identical or different and each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a counter ion, L.sub.1 to L.sub.5 each represents a methine group, and m and n each represents 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising photosensitive silver halide photographic layers in which the average silver chloride content of the photosensitive silver halide emulsions is less than 7.0 mol %, at least one emulsion layer of the photographic layers consists of two or more emulsions having different average grain diameters, and the emulsion layer and/or the adjacent intermediate layer contains at least one compound that can release a photographically useful agent by redox reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent. The silver halide color reversal photographic material of the present invention has a color-reversed image improved in graininess and sensitivity.

Abstract: A full color recording material which has, on a support, at least three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers which have different color sensitivities and which contain a yellow coupler, magenta coupler and cyan coupler, respectively, and in which at least two of these layers are selectively spectrally sensitized to match semiconductor laser light beams of wavelengths greater than 670 nm, wherein said at least three silver halide photosensitive layers which have different color sensitivities each contains silver chlorobromide grains with a layer average silver chloride content of at least 96 mol %, and said silver chlorobromide grains have a silver bromide local phase of which the silver bromide content is higher than that of the surroundings and a method for forming color images wherein the recording material is imagewise exposed while being transported at a feed rate which matches the scanning rate with semiconductor light beams, and substantially continuously to the exposing, the material is subject

Abstract: Method of forming a silver image by exposing a silver halide emulsion spectrally sensitized with a trinuclear merocyanine dye to light of 600-690 nm and wet-processing the emulsion with aqueous developing or activating solution and fixing solution, thereby dissolving away said dye from the resulting silver-image-containing material, said trinuclear merocyanine dye comprising at least 2 water-solubilizing groups.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer comprises tabular grains of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide having an iodide content of 1 mol % or less, which have an average aspect ratio of 3 or more and which have been spectrally sensitized with at least one spectral sensitizing dyes described below.

Abstract: A photosensitive photographic material is described comprising a support bearing a silver halide emulsion layer sensitized with a dye of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is S or Se,L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, L.sup.4 and L.sup.5 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted methine groups,A is N--R.sup.3 or O,B is N--R.sup.4 when A is O, or N--R.sup.4, S, or O when A is N--R.sup.3,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group,R.sup.5 is an alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms,n is 0, 1 or 2, andX is counterion,and wherein at least two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are substituted with an acid or acid salt substituent.

Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer where the silver halide is sensitized with a dye having the formula: ##STR1## wherein where Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and X are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a planographic printing plate comprising the steps of:(1) exposing a DTR mono-sheet material containing a silver halide emulsion layer and a nuclei containing surface layer in a laser beam containing device, e.g. a helium-neon laser, an argon laser, or a semiconductor laser, wherein the said emulsion layer contains at least one emulsion showing following characteristics:(a) the emulsion consists principally of silver chloride but contains bromide ranging from 5 mole % to 40 mole % and iodide ranging from 0 to 1 mole %;(b) the emulsion belongs to the core-shell type wherein substantially all the bromide is concentrated in the core;(c) the emulsion grains contain Rhodium and/or Iridium dopants;(2) processing the DTR material by means of a developing or activator solution, containing at least an alkali agent and a silver halide complexing agent, followed by a neutralization solution.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material that contains at least one compound represented by the general formula (2) shown below and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the general formulas (3) and (4) shown below: ##STR1## The constituents in the above formulas are clearly defined in the instant specification and claims.

Abstract: A process or the preparation of a silver halide photographic emulsion is provided which comprises the addition of at least one pendant type spectral sensitizing dye containing as a substituent a compound having the effect of inhibiting fog at any time after the formation of silver halide grains, but before the completion of the chemical ripening process. In a preferred embodiment, the addition of said pendant type spectral sensitizing dyes is effected at any time after the formation of silver halide grains, but before former one second of the total time of the chemical ripening process. The pendant type spectral sensitizing dyes are compounds represented by the general formula (III) or (IV): ##STR1## wherein SSD represents a sensitizing dye portion; AF represents a compound portion containing a saturated or unsaturated 5- to 7-membered ring containing at least one nitrogen atom; L.sup.1 represents a divalent connecting group containing at least one of C, N, S and O; L.sup.2 has the same meaning at L.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon an emulsion layer comprising a dispersion medium, silver halide grains, and a pendant type sensitizing dye, wherein said pendant type sensitizing dye is a compound comprising a sensitizing dye and an antifoggant, each of which may have substituent groups and wherein said sensitizing dye and antifoggant are organochemically bonded.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing at least one compound represented by following formula (I):Dye--L--Hyd (I)wherein Dye represents a chromophore-containing dye residue shown by following formula (II); Hyd represents a hydrazine residue one of the two nitrogen atoms of which is substituted by a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or an alkilydene group and L represents a divalent linkage group of bonding Dye and Hyd; ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group; Z and Z.sub.1, which may be the same or different, each represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and n, d, and m each represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: Compounds of the formulaa: ##STR1## where Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, L.sub.1 -L.sub.5, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, m, and n are as defined herein are disclosed. A method of making the componds is also disclosed. the compounds are useful as sensitizing dyes in photographic elements.

Abstract: Dye polymers are disclosed that J-aggregate in solution and when adsorbed to silver halide. These polymers comprise polymer repeat units having covalently bonded thereto cyanine dye units comprising two benzimidazole nuclei, in an amount sufficient to J-aggregate.

Abstract: This invention provides a silver halide photographic light sensitive material and a light sensitive lithographic printing plate material which are enhanced in sensitivity to semiconductor laser beam and improved in storage stability and printing endurance. The former comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm wherein said emulsion layer contains a water-soluble polymer containing a carboxyl group and having a number-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less and the latter comprises a support and, provided thereon, a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm and a physical development nuclei layer and said emulsion layer contains the above mentioned water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic spectral sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (I), (II) or (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 or R.sub.7 each represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an alkenyl group, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 each represents an alkyl group, aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, L.sub.1 -L.sub.22 each represents a methine group, Z.sub.1 -Z.sub.4 each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X.sub.1.sup.- and X.sub.2.sup.- each represents an acid anion and l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t and u each represents an integer of 1 or 2.Silver halide photographic emulsion containing the above sensitizing dye is also disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive photographic material for a laser light exposure is disclosed. The material comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains therein and a layer adjacent thereto, wherein said silver halide grains are spectrally sensitized with a dye represented by the following formula I, at least one layer of said silver halide emulsion layer and said adjacent layer contains a fluorine-containing ionic surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant and an inorganic salt; ##STR1## The material of the invention excels in each of sensitivity, gradation and maximum density, and exhibits good coloration.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a silver halide emulsion, at least one ascorbic acid compound, a bisaminostilbene compound substituted by a pyrimidine derivative, and at least one sensitizing dye as described herein, exhibits an increased inhibition of desensitization due to the use of a sensitizing dye and an increase in the spectral sensitivity of the photographic emulsion.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having good granularity, high sensitivity and excellent fixability, comprising a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains. The silver halide grains have an average iodine content of at least 3 mole %, and the photographic material further contains a polymer capable of providing a cation site in a fixing solution on the same side as the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: Methods for reproducibly labelling viable cells with cyanine dyes that do not significantly affect cell viability. Applications for labelled cells include using labelled red blood cells to distinguish post-transfusional bleeding from immunologic reaction and using dilution to measure growth rate of cultured cells.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light sensitive material for lithographic printing plate which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on said support wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by the following general formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V):General formula (I) ##STR1## General formula (II) ##STR2## General formula (III) ##STR3## General formula (IV) ##STR4##

Abstract: Photographic elements which may be imaged by laser scanners emitting in the near infrared without the formation of interference fringes comprising a support bearing one or more layers of a silver halide emulsion having grains of an average diameter of no more than 0.4 micron, the element including one or more of:(i) a topcoat layer which is an outermost layer on the same side of the support as the photosensitive emulsion which topcoat layer is a diffuse transmitting layer with respect to near infrared radiation,(ii) a backing layer which is an outermost layer on the side of the support remote from the photosensitive emulsion which backing layer is a diffuse reflecting layer or absorbing layer with respect to near infrared radiation,(iii) a subbing layer which is positioned between the support and the photosensitive emulsion which subbing layer is a diffuse transmitting or absorbing layer with respect to near infrared radiation.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes are disclosed containing a tellurazolium nucleus which is substituted at its 2-position with methine chain which is in turn substituted at its .beta. position with a dye property modifier. These dyes can be used in photographic elements to facilitate image formation.

Abstract: A color reversal light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least a pair of silver halide emulsion layers having mutually different color sensitivities and consisting of an emulsion having a high silver/coupler ratio and an emulsion having a low silver/coupler ratio, the former ratio being greater by a factor of at least 5 than the latter ratio, and the latter emulsion being incorporated with a compound containing recurring units represented by the following General Formula (I): ##STR1## the substituents being defined within the specification. By including the compound of the general formula (I) within the particular emulsion layer which is highly susceptible to changes in sensitivity and maximum density, it is possible to prevent deterioration in color balance which has been found to be due to variation in the concentration of potassium bromide.

Abstract: Silver halide color light-sensitive materials which contain a compound having a repeating unit represented by general formula (I) and a compound represented by general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents --OR, --SR or wherein R and R' each represents a hydrogen atom, or alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a sulfoalkyl group (or a salt thereof), a carboxyalkyl group (for a salt thereof), an aralkyl group, an aryl group, or a cycloalkyl group, or R and R' may form an alkylene group or an --O-- containing alkylene ring together; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 each represents a polymethylene group, an arylene group, or a cycloalkylene group, Z represents --O--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --; and l and m each represents 0 or 1; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group; R.sub.7 and R.sub.

Abstract: Many photographic materials must be handled under special lighting conditions in order to prevent exposure of the material. The use of large concentrations of bleachable light absorbing layers over the photosensitive emulsion tends to leave an undesirable residual stain. The inclusion of a specific class of low intensity reciprocity failure inducers to silver halide emulsions enables the emulsions and their photographic articles to be safely handled under white light conditions.

Abstract: A dye preparation consists of a water-soluble acid dye and a water-insoluble basic carrier. The carrier consists of crosslinked polymer particles of average particle diameter of less than 1 .mu.m and contains at least 2 mVal/g of quaternary ammonium or phosphonium groups. The dye reacts with the carrier in an ion exchange reaction and forms a dye polymer latex which can easily isolated in solid form, stored indefinitely and redispersed in water whenever required. It forms a so-called self-dispersing dye preparation. The dye preparation is useful for making dyed layers such as in photographic recording materials.

Abstract: Direct-positive photographic material having at least one layer which contains a silver halide emulsion surface-fogged by chemical means or by exposure and a tri-nuclear cyanine dye, which has the formula ##EQU1## in which A.sub.1 is .dbd.CH-- or .dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, Z.sub.1 is a monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic radical which is linked by a double bond to the adjacent methine group, Z.sup..sym. is a positively charged radical which is mesomeric to Z.sub.1 and is linked by a single bond to the adjacent methine group, Z.sub.2 --is a nitrogen-heterocyclic radical which has its single positive charge on the nitrogen atom and Z.sub.3 .dbd. is a radical which has no charge on the nitrogen atom and is mesomeric to Z.sub.2, at least one of the radicals Z.sub.

Abstract: Photographic negative material which has at least one layer which contains a desensitized silver halide emulsion, the desensitizer used being a trinuclear heptamethinecyanine or a halogenated trinuclear tetramethinecyanine which has three identical heterocyclic ring systems, which can have different substituents and are linked to one another by three identical methine systems, which can be mesomeric, is suitable for processing in subdued daylight but nevertheless has an adequate sensitivity on exposure to intense light.

Abstract: A direct positive silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having coated thereon a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer and a hydrophilic colloid layer, at least one of said layers containing a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents R.sup.6 or R.sup.6 CO--; and R.sup.6 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic aromatic group or hydrogen; R.sup.2 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic aromatic group or a hydrogen atom; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together can form a ring; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or an aliphatic group; R.sup.5 represents Y or X--A--Y wherein X and Y, which may be the same or different, each represents a divalent aromatic group; and A represents a divalent group selected from --CONH--, --NHCONH--, --SO.sub.2 NH--, --B--CONH-- and --B--SO.sub.

Abstract: Photo-sensitive silver halide compositions and elements are spectrally sensitized with new mathine dyes having a trialkylsilylalkyl group attached to a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic nucleus of the dye.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion which comprises at least one compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## where Z represents an atomic group necessary to complete an oxazole nucleus, a benzoxazole nucleus or a naphthoxazole nucleus, R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, R.sub.2 represents an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a hydroxyalkoxyalkyl group, a carbamoylalkyl group, a hydroxyphenyl group or a hydroxyalkylphenyl group, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 which may be the same or different each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a chlorine atom or a carboxyl group, and a lithographic silver halide material containing the same.

Abstract: A method of spectrally sensitizing a photographic light-sensitive emulsion where a water-soluble solution, prepared by dissolving a methine dye having at least one water-soluble group in water in the presence of a "Red Shift Compound", as hereinafter defined, is added to a photographic light-sensitive emulsion to provide a photographic light-sensitive emulsion spectrally sensitized with increased sensitizing efficiency and with reduced fog. The disadvantages caused by the use of high organic solvent contents are avoided and photographic light-sensitive emulsions suitable for high-speed coating are obtained.