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Dyes suitable for sensitization of photoconductive systems

US4943638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 1989
Grant dateJul 24, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/067
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cyanine dyes, particularly indocyanine dyes, having at least 7 carbon atoms in the polymethine chain which may possess a fused cyclopentene or cyclohexene ring in the form of a tri-iodide salt exhibit a substantial reduction in the propensity to associate compared to dyes having the identical cation but different anion. The tri-iodide salts are particularly useful as sensitizers in organic photoconductor systems.

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