Abstract:
Silver halide photographic elements which are capable of producing reversal images are disclosed including an interimage effect enhancing intercoat or overcoat layer comprising an imaging emulsion and a non-imaging emulsion.
Abstract:
A silver halide light-sensitive material containing a hydrazine compound represented by formula (I): wherein L represents a single bond, -O-, -S-, -NR -, -CO-, SO2-, -P(O)(G R )- or a combination thereof; L represents -SO2NR -, -NR SO2NR -, -CONR -, -NR CONR - or -G P(O)(G R )NR -; G represents -CO-, -SO2-, -SO-, -COCO-, a thiocarbonyl group, an iminomethylene group or -P(O)(G R )-; G represents a single bond, -O- or -NR -; R represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R , R , and R each represent a divalent aliphatic group or a divalent aromatic group; R represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or an amino group; R represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; m represents 0 or 1; and X represents a counter anion or a counter anion moiety of an intramolecular salt, as a nucleating agent. The light-sensitive material exhibits high processing stability even in rapid processing to provide a ultrahigh contrast negative image for photomechanical processing.
Abstract:
Virion-constrained nanoparticles comprising a shell of virion coat protein(s) surrounding an organic, inorganic and/or organo-metallic non-viral nanoparticle and methods of making and using.
Abstract:
A silver halide light-sensitive emulsion and a silver halide light-sensitive material containing the same are disclosed, in which silver halide emulsion grains composed of an internal nucleus of silver bromide or silver iodobromide having a silver iodide content of not more than 1 mol% having provided thereon, in the order described, a first coating layer of silver iodobromide having a silver iodide content of from 2 to 20 mol% and a second coating layer of silver iodobromide or silver bromide a silver iodide content of which is lower than that of said first coat and is not more than 3 mol%, a high iodide is formed by halogen conversion with an iodide ion, by addition of silver iodide fine grains or by addition of a silver ion and an iodide ion at any stage during formation of 3 to 97% of the total amount of silver and after completion of the formation of the second coating layer.
Abstract:
The invention generally relates to a method of silver halide grain finishing comprising providing a high chloride silver halide grain emulsion and adding a silver bromide fine grain Lippmann emulsion during the chemical sensitization heat cycle for each grain wherein said fine grain emulsion has a photographically useful compound adhered to said fine grain Lippmann emulsion.
Abstract:
A silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer coated on a support, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver chlorobromide grains comprising silver chlorobromide containing 90 mol% or more of silver chloride, having at least one region in which the silver bromide content is high at the vicinity of the corner of the grains, and with not more than 15 mol% of average silver bromide content at the surface of the grains. A method producing the silver halide photographic materials is also disclosed.
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): CAR 1 -(L) n -ETA wherein:
CAR 1 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): CAR 2 -(SAM)-NX 1 -NX 2 X 3 wherein:
CAR 2 is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing -(SAM)-NX 1 -NX 2 X 3 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 - NX 1 -NX 2 X 3 is a hydrazine group wherein X 1 , X 2 and X 3 are individually hydrogen or a substituent chosen from alkyl, aryl, carbonyl, or sulfonyl groups with the proviso that at least one of X 1 , X 2 and X 3 is hydrogen.
Abstract:
A photographic material comprising a Lippmann emulsion coated on a polycarbonate support is disclosed. The product is suited for new industrial applications under severe conditions of temperature and humidity.