Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Masashi Ogiyama

Keizo Kimura

Yuki Mizukawa

Shinichi Morishima

Toru Fujimori

Hideki Takakuwa

Ryoji Goto

Nobutaka Iwahashi

Osamu Takahashi

Seiji Ichijima

Junichi Yamanouchi

Tetsuya Watanabe

Kousuke Watanabe

Yasufumi Nakai

Minoru Uemura

Taro Hashizume

Yoshiharu Yabuki

Toshio Kawagishi

Toshihiro Nishikawa

Hirokazu Hashimoto

Hidekazu Sakai

Takeshi Nakamine

Tetsu Kamosaki

Seiji Hatano

Taisuke Fujimoto

Provided is a polarizing film showing high dichroism comprising a substrate, and a photo alignment film and a light absorption anisotropic film laminated on the substrate in this order. The light absorption anisotropic film is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one nematic liquid crystalline azo dichroic dye and in X-ray diffraction measurement thereof, diffraction peaks derived from periodic structure along a vertical direction to the alignment axis are present, the period indicated by at least one of the diffraction peaks is 3.0 to 15.0 &#x212b; and an intensity of the diffraction peak does not show a maximum value in the range of &#xb1;70&#xb0; of the film normal line direction in a plane vertical to the alignment axis.

Polarizing film, display device and production process thereof

A polarizing film comprising a substrate, and a photo alignment film and a light absorption anisotropic film laminated on the substrate in this order, wherein the light absorption anisotropic film has a content ratio of 30% by mass or less of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound and is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one nematic liquid crystalline azo dichroic dye; in X-ray diffraction measurement thereof, diffraction peaks derived from periodic structure along a vertical direction to the alignment axis are present, the period indicated by at least one of the diffraction peaks is 3.0 to 15.0 &#x212b; and an intensity of the diffraction peak does not show a maximum value in the range of &#xb1;70&#xb0; of the film normal line direction in a plane vertical to the alignment axis.

A light absorption anisotropic film, having at least one dichroic dye, in which the light absorption anisotropic film shows a diffraction peak derived from a periodic structure in a direction in a plane of the light absorption anisotropic film in X-ray diffraction measurement and the diffraction peak has a half width of 1.0 &#x212b; or less.

Dichroic dye composition, light absorption anisotropic film, and polarizing element

An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer on a surface of a support, wherein the surface of the support has pregrooves with a track pitch ranging from 50 to 500 nm, the recording layer comprises an azo metal complex dye being a complex of six azo dyes and seven transition metal ions. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of recording information onto the optical information recording medium and a novel azo metal complex dye.

Optical information recording medium, method of recording information and azo metal complex dye

Provided is a colored photosensitive curing composition useful for color filters in primary colors, including blue, green, and red, having a high molar absorption coefficient and allowing a reduction in film thickness and superior color purity and fastness. A colored photosensitive curing composition, comprising, as its colorant, a dipyrromethene-based metal complex compound obtained from a metal or metal compound and a dipyrromethene-based compound represented by the following Formula (I): wherein in Formula (I), Rto Reach independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; and Rrepresents a hydrogen or halogen atom, or an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group.

Compound or its tautomer, metal complex compound, colored photosensitive curing composition, color filter, and production

The invention provides a colored photosensitive curing composition useful for color filters in primary colors, including blue, green, and red, having a high molar absorption coefficient and allowing a reduction in film thickness and superior color purity and fastness; the colored photosensitive curing composition including, as its colorant, a dipyrromethene-based metal complex compound or a interconvertible isomer thereof, obtained from a metal or metal compound and a dipyrromethene-based compound represented by Formula (III): 

Provided is a colored photosensitive curing composition useful for color filters in primary colors, including blue, green, and red, having a high molar absorption coefficient and allowing a reduction in film thickness and superior color purity and fastness. A colored photosensitive curing composition, comprising, as its colorant, a dipyrromethene-based metal complex compound obtained from a metal or metal compound and a dipyrromethene-based compound represented by the following Formula (I): wherein in Formula (I), Rto Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; and Rrepresents a hydrogen or halogen atom, or an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group.

The optical information recording medium comprises a recording layer on a surface of a support. The surface of the support has pregrooves with a track pitch ranging from 50 to 500 nm, the recording layer comprises an azo metal complex dye, the azo metal complex dye is a complex of one or more azo dye and transition metal ions of which number is equal to or greater than the number of the azo dye. The azo metal complex dye comprises two or more transition metal ions per molecule, and in a molecule of the azo metal complex dye.

Optical information recording medium, method of recording information, and azo metal complex dye

A processing composition for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials, comprises a bis&lsqb;2,6-diaminotriazin-4-yl&rsqb;arylenediamine derivative having at least one of a sulfonic acid group, a carboxylic group and a hydroxyl group within the molecule. This processing composition can be applied to a color developer, a bleaching agent, a fixing agent, a bleach-fixing agent and a stabilizing agent and also to a processing agent in a concentration on use, a concentrated processing agent and a solid processing agent.

Photographic processing composition containing bistriazinyl arylenediamine derivative

Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and method for forming image

An arylidene compound is represented by the formula (I).

Arylidene compound, azomethine compound and silver halide photographic material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler and at least one polymer latex represented by the following formula (I):

Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a base, wherein the said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler and a polymer represented by formula �I!:

A silver halide color photographic material having on a support at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the color photographic material contains a nondiffusing coupler represented by formula (I):

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masashi Ogiyama