Abstract:
A photothermographic emulsion is prepared by chemically sensitizing silver halide grains by oxidative decomposition of an organic sulfur-containing compound on or around the silver halide grains. This procedure uses a unique sequence of steps and provides increased photographic speed and manufacturing reproducibility. The resulting photothermographic emulsion can be used to prepare photothermographic materials.
Abstract:
It is an object to provide an encoded data receiving device and a method for updating a decoding key represented by DTCP standards capable of eliminating shifts in update timings of the public key NC between a data receiving device and a data transmitting device without increasing the amount of packets for inquiries between both devices. In the check portion, success or failure in data decoding is checked on the basis of fixed information that are disposed at specified bit positions of decoded data. In the determination portion, when check results indicating that decoding of data has failed are consecutively output by the check portion by a specified number of times, a determination signal indicating that update of the decoding key following update of the encoding key of the data transmitting device has failed is output whereupon a calculating portion performs update of the decoding key on the basis of the determination signal.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprising the following steps in the following order a) providing a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular silver halide grains having an inner dye layer adjacent to the silver halide grain, said dye layer comprising at least one dye (Dye 1) that is capable of spectrally sensitizing silver halide, b) adding to the emulsion at least one dye (Dye 2) capable of providing a second dye layer adjacent to the inner dye layer, and c) adding to the emulsion a non-cationic surfactant or a scavenger for oxidized developer, or a combination of the two, to form a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith two dye layers, wherein the dye layers are held together by non-covalent forces or by in situ bond formation; the outer dye layer adsorbs light at equal or higher energy than the inner dye layer; and the energy emission wavelength of the outer dye layer overlaps with the energy absorption wavelength of the inner dye layer.
Abstract:
A process for incorporating dopants in a silver halide emulsion is described comprising precipitating silver halide emulsion grains in a reaction vessel, wherein at least one gallium dopant, at least one Group 8 metal dopant, and at least one selenium dopant are introduced into the reaction vessel during precipitation of the silver halide grains; where the gallium dopant is introduced in the form of a gallium halide coordination complex of the formula (I): [RxNHy]3GaX6 wherein R represents a lower alkyl group of from 1-3 carbon atoms; X is Cl, Br, or I; and x is from 1-3, y is from 1-3, and x+y=4; and the Group 8 metal dopant satisfies the formula (II): [ML6]n wherein n is −2, −3 or −4; M is a Fe+2, Ru+2, or Os+2 ion; and L6 represents bridging ligands which can be independently selected, provided that at least four of the ligands are anionic ligands, and at least one of the ligands is a cyano ligand or a ligand more electronegative than a cyano ligand. In another embodiment, this invention is directed towards silver halide emulsions formed by such process. In a still further aspect, this invention is directed towards a photographic element comprised of a support, and a silver halide emulsion layer coated on the support comprised of an emulsion obtained by the process of the invention.
Abstract:
A photothermographic image recording element has on a support a photosensitive layer containing a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a photosensitive silver halide, and a binder, wherein the organic silver salt has been formed in the presence of a tertiary alcohol. The photosensitive layer and/or a layer disposed adjacent thereto contains a nucleating agent. Alternatively, the photosensitive layer contains the silver halide which has been formed independent from the organic silver salt and added during preparation of a coating solution, and the main binder is a polymer latex having a Tg of −30° C. to 40° C. The element shows low fog, high contrast, and high sensitivity.
Abstract:
An electronic printing method is disclosed which comprises subjecting a radiation sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of a recording element to actinic radiation of at least 10.sup.-4 ergs/cm.sup.2 for up to 100.mu. seconds duration in a pixel-by-pixel mode. The silver halide emulsion layer is comprised of grains predominantly bounded by {100} crystal faces and internally containing three dopants each selected to satisfy a different one of the following class requirements: (i) a metal coordination complex containing a nitrosyl or thionitrosyl ligand in combination with a transition metal chosen from groups 5 to 10 inclusive of the periodic table of elements, (ii) a shallow electron trapping dopant, and (iii) a iridium coordination complex having ligands each of which are more electropositive than a cyano ligand. A gelatino-peptizer for the grains is employed that contains less than 30 micromoles of methionine per gram. The dopants and peptizer in combination increase contrast and provide a highly unexpected increase in high density contrast.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support, wherein silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer has a silver bromide content of 40 to 90 mol %, and the silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with a specific dye.
Abstract:
A silver halide emulsion containing water, dispersion medium comprising modified gelatin whose amino group is chemically modified, and silver halide grains comprising spectrally sensitized silver halide grains each having a multilayer adsorption of dye chromophores on the surface thereof. A method of preparing the silver halide emulsion. A silver halide photosensitive material contains the silver halide emulsion in a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer thereof.
Abstract:
A method of preparing a dye solution having a high concentration and high stability, wherein a counter ion-free dye and a base having a pKa value of from 6.6 to 9.0 are dissolved in a solvent having a relative dielectric constant of at least 10 at 20° C., and a silver halide emulsion and a silver halide photographic material which are reduced in fogging by the use of the dye solution prepared in accordance with the aforesaid method.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprising the following steps in the following order a) providing a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular silver halide grains having an inner dye layer adjacent to the silver halide grain, said dye layer comprising at least one dye (Dye 1) that is capable of spectrally sensitizing silver halide, b) adding to the emulsion at least one dye (Dye 2) capable of providing a second dye layer adjacent to the inner dye layer, and c) adding to the emulsion a non-cationic surfactant or a scavenger for oxidized developer, or a combination of the two, to form a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith two dye layers, wherein the dye layers are held together by non-covalent forces or by in situ bond formation; the outer dye layer adsorbs light at equal or higher energy than the inner dye layer; and the energy emission wavelength of the outer dye layer overlaps with the energy absorption wavelength of the inner dye layer.