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Optical information recording medium

US5939163A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2017

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

Abstract

An optical information recording medium which records at shorter laser wavelengths and has excellent light resistance and archival stability includes a supporting substrate and a recording layer coated on the substrate. The recording layer includes a metal chelated azo compound, the azo compound having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is NR.sup.6 group, oxygen or sulphur, wherein R.sup.6 is hydrogen or alkyl; Y is hydroxy, carboxy, or carbamoyl; each of R.sup.1 -R.sup.5 is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, alkoxy, amino, halogen, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, or carboxy, with the proviso that all of R.sup.1 -R.sup.5 are not simultaneously hydrogen; and the metal is a metal ion of Groups 3-12 of the Periodic Table.

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