Eastman-kodak Company

Carestream Health, Inc.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Imation Corporation

Chaofeng Zou

Doreen Catherine Lynch

James B Philip, Jr

Steven M Shor

Sharon Mary Simpson

William Donald Ramsden

Stacy Marie Ulrich

Pu Zhou

Brian C Willett

Kui Chen-Ho

Roger L Klaus

George J Burgmaier

Gary E Labelle

Karissa L Eckert

Mark C Skinner

Dirk J Hasberg

Kumars Sakizadeh

David R Whitcomb

Richard L Daubendiek

Robert D Wilson

Timothy R Gersey

Richard R Ollmann, Jr

John M Winslow

James R Miller

Sam Kalousdian

Mathew T Stebbins

Jennifer C Dawson

Shozo Aoki

Certain pyridine-ketone compounds have been found to provide anticorrosion properties when incorporated into silver nanowire containing films. Such compounds may be incorporated into one or more silver nanowire containing layers or in one or more layers disposed adjacent to the silver nanowire containing layers.

Stabilization agents for silver nanowire based transparent conductive films

Zinc salts have been found to provide anticorrosion properties when incorporated into silver nanowire containing films. Such salts may be incorporated into one of more silver nanowire containing layers or in one or more layers disposed adjacent to the silver nanowire containing layers.

Boric acid has been found to provide anticorrosion properties when incorporated into silver nanowire containing films. Such compounds may be incorporated into one or more silver nanowire containing layers or in one or more layers disposed adjacent to the silver nanowire containing layers.

Methods and compositions are disclosed and claimed for gravure printing of transparent conductive films comprising metal nanowires. Such films exhibiting low resistivity and superior coating uniformity may be used in electronic or optical articles.

Gravure printing of transparent conductive films containing networks of metal nanoparticles

Methods of recovering compositions comprising nanowires and the product compositions are disclosed and claimed. The product compositions produced by these methods are able to provide equivalent performance to virgin raw materials in transparent conductive film manufacturing processes.

Nanowire recovery methods, compositions, and articles

Transparent conductive films, articles made from them, and methods of making them are disclosed. Some transparent conductive films include flexible glass substrates and conductive layers containing metal nanoparticles. Others include at least one layer with cell walls that contain metal nanorods or conductive nanowires. Still others include a substrate with a coating disposed on it, with the coating including conductive components and photopolymers. Such films are useful in such articles as electronic displays, touch screens, and the like.

Transparent conductive films, articles, and methods

Mixtures of an alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymer or an alkylethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer with cellulose acetate provide protective overcoats for thermally developable materials. These protective overcoats exhibit good adhesion to the emulsion layer, are physically hard, and have good optical clarity while maintaining the sensitometric properties of the materials.

Protective overcoats for thermally developable materials

Use of certain compounds in black-and-white photothermographic materials improves processing latitude particularly under conditions of high humidity.

Processing latitude stabilizers for photothermographic materials

Black-and-white, dry processable thermally developable materials have increased stability after imaging with the incorporation of at least 0.0001 mol/mof a thermal solvent having one or more &#x3e;N&#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)&#x2014; groups. Such thermally developable materials include both thermographic and photothermographic materials.

Thermally developable materials containing thermal solvents

High-speed aqueous-based black-and-white photothermographic materials are imageable in any suitable fashion using ultraviolet, visible, infrared, or X-radiation. They can have one or more thermally developable imaging layers on either or both sides of the support and can be imaged with or without a phosphor intensifying screen in an imaging assembly. The photothermographic emulsions and materials have a net Dless than 0.25, and require less than 1 erg/cmto achieve a density of 1.00 above net D. The imaging layers include hydrophilic binders or water-dispersible latex polymer binders and chemically and spectrally sensitized photosensitive silver halide grains.

High-speed thermally developable imaging materials

Black-and-white, aqueous-based, silver halide-containing photothermographic materials have increased stability after imaging with the incorporation of at least 0.0002 mol/mof a halogen-substituted tetraazaindene compound.

Halogen substituted tetraazaindene compounds in photothermographic materials

Thermally developable materials such as thermographic and photothermographic materials include a co-precipitate comprising first and second organic silver salts, the first organic silver salt comprising a silver salt of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound containing an imino group, and the second organic silver salt comprising a silver salt of a mercaptotriazole. The first organic silver salt can be used in the imaging process as a source of reducible silver ions, and the second organic silver salt can be a source of a toning agent. The co-precipitate can be prepared using double-jet precipitation techniques to provide an aqueous dispersion that can be used in imaging formulations.

Silver salt-toner co-precipitates and imaging materials

Thermally developable materials such as thermographic and photothermographic materials include a novel non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions that are predominantly provided as rod-shaped particles of silver salt of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound containing an imino group. The rod-shaped particles have an average aspect ratio of at least 3:1 and a width index for particle diameter of 1.25 or less, and provide improved imaging properties. These particles can be prepared using double jet precipitation procedures in which vAg is kept constant at a value of equal to or greater than &#x2212;50 mV.

Thermally developable materials containing organic silver salts with rod-like morphology and method of making and using

Aqueous-based photothermographic materials comprise a hydrophilic binder, preformed silver halides, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent composition, and one or more benzothiazolium, benzoselenazolium, or benzotellurazolium salts as antifoggants. These photothermographic materials can be used in combination with phosphor intensifying screens for radiographic imaging.

Black-and-white aqueous photothermographic materials

High-speed black-and-white photothermographic materials can be imaged in any suitable fashion using ultraviolet, visible, infrared, or X-radiation. They can have one or more thermally developable imaging layers on either or both sides of the support and can be imaged with or without a phosphor intensifying screen in an imaging assembly. The photothermographic emulsions and materials have a net Dless than 0.25, and require less than 1 erg/cmto achieve a density of 1.00 above net D.

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