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Photographic material having enhanced light absorption

US6143486A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1998
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/145
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention comprises a silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith at least two dye layers comprising PA1 (a) an inner dye layer adjacent to the silver halide grain and comprising at least one dye that is capable of spectrally sensitizing silver halide and PA1 (b) an outer dye layer adjacent to the inner dye layer and comprising at least one dye, wherein the dye layers are held together by non-covalent forces or by in situ bond formation; the outer dye layer adsorbs light at equal or higher energy than the inner dye layer; and the energy emission wavelength of the outer dye layer overlaps with the energy absorption wavelength of the inner dye layer. This invention also comprises a silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith at least one dye having at least one anionic substituent and at least one dye having at least one cationic substituent.

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