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Tetra dye mixed with another dye or dyes for optical recording elements

US5876821A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1996
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dye mixture having, at 780 nm, a real refractive index not less than 1.8, and an imaginary part not greater than 0.15 and comprising (a) a tetra dye having a metallized azo dianionic dye with a cationic dye counterion and (b) at least one other dye having the structure according to formula I: ##STR1## wherein: A may be equal to or different from A.sup.1, in which each represents an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; PA1 B may be equal to or different from B.sup.1, in which each ##STR2## R and R.sup.1 represent an alkyl group of C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and PA1 X represents halide, ClO.sub.4, BF.sub.4, PF.sub.6, tosylate and RCOO.

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