Abstract:
A (meth)acrylate compound having an aromatic acid-labile group, the (meth)acrylate compound being represented by the following Formula 1: In Formula I, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, R3 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, AR is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl having from two to four fused aromatic rings, and carbon CAR is bonded directly to an aromatic ring of AR.
Abstract:
A photoresist composition for preventing exposing failures and a method of forming a pattern using the same are disclosed. The photoresist composition preferably comprises about 0.1% to about 0.5% by weight of a photo acid generator, and about 2% to about 10% by weight of a polymer resin, the PAG including a monophenyl sulfonium compound, a triphenyl sulfonium compound or a mixture thereof. The footing phenomenon and the top loss of a pattern are sufficiently prevented.
Abstract:
A film-based image capture and processing system for producing preferred film-based image looks that include a scan-only film having reproduction contrast that increases scanning signal-to-noise ratio subject to digitization bit-depth limitations to obtain additional scene exposure differentiation. In addition, a chemical processing subsystem for developing latent images, as a result of image capture, on the scan-only film is includes as are a scanner for providing a wide gamut digital image record; and an image processor for modifying film image attributes to digitized images from the scanner.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is reduced in the various problems ascribable to the multilayer adsorption of a sensitizing dye. A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a silver halide grain having adsorbed on the surface thereof a sensitizing dye in multiple layers is described, wherein the variation coefficient of the light absorption strength distribution among the grains is 100% or less.
Abstract:
A silver halide emulsion comprising radiation sensitive silver halide grains exhibiting a face centered cubic crystal lattice structure containing a hexacoordination complex of an iridium ion in which at least half of the coordination sites in the hexacoordination complex are provided by halogen or pseudohalogen ligands, and at least one coordination site is provided by a ligand comprising a azole ring containing a chalcogen atom and a nitrogen atom, wherein the azole ring is substituted at the 5-position with a halide ion. The invention provides emulsions containing with a preferred class of iridium dopants which are especially useful for improving reciprocity performance in silver halide emulsions with minimal or no impact on other aspects of photographic performance. These dopants give a superior balance of reciprocity and other photographic properties compared to other iridium dopants exemplified in the prior art.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of forming a digital images exhibiting superior clearness in line images and superior visual whiteness. An image forming method of the invention comprises exposing a silver halide photographic material and processing the photographic material, wherein the photographic material contains a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a white area of the processed photographic material exhibits perception chromaticity indexes a and b of from 0.0 to +2.0 and from −2.2 to −4.0, respectively, in which the foregoing a and b are defined in JIS-Z-8730 and measured in accordance with a method defined in JIS-Z-8722:
Abstract:
A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one yellow color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one cyan color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each of which is provided on a support: which comprises at least one yellow coupler of formula (I) and at least one cyan coupler of formula (A); wherein Q represents a group of non-metal atoms that form a 5- to 7-membered ring in combination with —N═C—N(R1)-, each of R1 and R2 represents a substituent, m represents an integer of 0 to 5, and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split-off upon a coupling reaction; wherein R11 and R12 each represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, J represents an alkylene group, and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group that can split off upon a coupling reaction.
Abstract:
A color photographic print material having at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterized in that the cyan coupler is of the formula in which R6-R9, X and Z are defined in the specification, and the magenta coupler is of the formula in which R1-R5, Y, A, B and n are defined in the specification, and is distinguished by good color reproduction, dark stability and light stability.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a negative silver halide photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide imaging layer containing a light sensitive silver halide imaging emulsion, said silver halide imaging layer further comprising a separately precipitated non-imaging intentionally fogged fine grain emulsion and an electron transfer agent releasing compound represented by formula (I): CAR1-(L)n-ETA (I) wherein: CAR1 is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing -(L)n-ETA on reaction with oxidized developing agent; L is a divalent linking group, n is 0, 1 or 2; and ETA is a releasable electron transfer agent, and (optionally) a development accelerator releasing compound represented by the formula (II): CAR2—(SAM)-NX1—NX2X3 (II) wherein: CAR2 is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing —(SAM)-NX1—NX2X3 on reaction with oxidized developing agent; SAM is a silver absorbable moiety attached to the carrier moiety and is released on reaction with oxidized development agent; and —NX1—NX2X3 is a hydrazine group wherein X1, X2 and X3 are individually hydrogen or a substituent chosen from alkyl, aryl, carbonyl, or sulfonyl groups with the proviso that at least one of X1, X2 and X3 is hydrogen.
Abstract:
A process for removing stain in a photographic material is described which process comprises incorporation of at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein X is O or NH; n is 1 or 2, p is 0, 1 or 2, M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; each R1, independently, is an aminoacid residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed; each R2, independently, is hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy, halogen, cyano, COOR, wherein R is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl, CONH—R in which R has its previous significance, SO2NH—R in which R has its previous significance, NH—COR in which R has its previous significance, or SO3M, wherein M has its previous significance, or, if n is 1, R2 can also be CO—R3 in which R3 is C1-C3alkyl or phenyl, in that photographic material.