Eastman-kodak Company

Karen E Gleasman

Janglin Chen

Richard Allen Castle

A coating composition useful for forming an electrically conductive layer on a substrate is disclosed, said composition comprising a liquid medium containing: a) a vanadium oxide gel, b) a film-forming binder, and c) a conductivity-increasing amount of a volatile aromatic compound comprising an aromatic ring substituted with at least one hydroxy group or a hydroxy substituted substituent group. Further embodiments of the invention disclose a composite support for an imaging element, which composite support comprises a polymeric film having coated thereon an electrically conductive layer, wherein the electrically conductive layer has been formed by applying a coating of the coating composition of the invention, and drying the coating. In accordance with yet a further embodiment of the invention, an imaging element for use in an image-forming process is described, which element comprises a support, an image-forming layer, and an electrically conductive layer, said electrically conductive layer having been formed by applying a coating of the coating composition of the invention, and drying the coating. The invention provides composite supports and imaging elements containing an electrically conductive antistatic layer having excellent antistatic performance and adhesion to polymer film supports.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Karen E Gleasman