Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Sugai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Teijiro Kitao

Shingo Araki

Masaji Inagaki

Shoichi Ishihara

Ryoichi Yamamoto

Kikuo Tsuchiya

Masaru Matsuoka

Jun-ichiro Setsune

Yumi Kudoh

Yasunori Uetani

Katsumi Murofushi

Mitsuru Kondo

Nobuyuki Nagato

Osamu Kaieda

Kenji Minami

Naoki Takeyama

Takeshi Hioki

Tetsuhiko Yamaguchi

Ryotaro Hanawa

Toshitake Suzuki

Kunio Imamura

Hiroshi Takagaki

Masayuki Omatsu

Hironori Fujii

Hironori Oda

Shigeki Ueno

Ryugo Maeda

Masato Futagami

An optical information recording medium improved in storage stability and thermal stability, having a base and a recording layer, the recording layer containing a spiropyran compound and at least one carboxylic acid metallic complex expressed by general formulae I! and II!: ##STR1## where M represents a metallic element and each of R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 represents an alkylene group, an alkylidene group, an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring, or a heterocyclic ring.

Optical information recording medium

A resist composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin, a 1,2-quinone diazide compound and a compound of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z is an oxygen or sulfur atom or a group of the formula: &gt;N--R.sub.4 in which R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group or a group of the formula: --OCOR' in which R' is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and X and Y are independently a cyano group or a group of the formula: ##STR2## --COOR or --CONHR' in R is an alkyl group and R' is a hydrogen atom or an aryl group, which is suitable for the formation of very fine patterns on a substrate having a high reflectance.

Resist composition containing alkali-soluble resin, 1,2-quinone diazide

A novel thermosensitive recording sheet having a coated film containing a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer, said sensitizer being an o-hydroxy aromatic acid ester represented by formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an oxyalkylene group, a thioalkylene group, a phenylene group, a xylylene group or a napthylene group, R.sub.2 denotes ##STR2##

Novel thermosensitive recording sheet

A thermosensitive recording sheet having a coated film containing a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer, said sensitizer being a sulfur-containing dibasic acid ester represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3, m is an integer of 1 or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and each denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --Ar or --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --CO--AR in which l is an integer of 1 to 8 and Ar denotes an aryl group, provided the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms may be substituted by a halogen atom, and the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group and Ar of --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --Ar or --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --CO--Ar may be substituted by an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a phenacyl group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, an arylcarbonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a nitro group, an ammonium sulfonic acid group or a halogen atom.

Thermosensitive recording sheet

A fluoran derivative useful for a heat-sensitive recording material, having the following general formula I; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, stand for an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, stand for an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may form a 5- to 8-membered cycloalkane together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded.

Fluoran derivatives and recording material containing the same

A thermosensitive recording sheet having a coated film containing a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer. The sensitizer is at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid ester represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a group of the formula --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --Ar in which n is an integer of 1 to 8 and Ar is an aryl group, or a group of the formula --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --CO--Ar in which n and Ar are as defined; R.sup.3 represents a group of the formula --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --in which n is as defined; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and each represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, a group of the formula --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --Ar in which n and Ar are as defined, or a group of the formula --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --CO--Ar in which n and Ar are as defined; and R.sup.6 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and substituted by a halogen atom selected from chlorine, bromine and iodine atoms; with the proviso that the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms for R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be substituted by a halogen atom, and the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group and Ar in --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --Ar and --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --CO--Ar may be substituted by an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, phenacyl, alkyloxy, aryloxy, aralkyloxy, arylcarbonyl, arylsulfonyl, nitro or ammoniumsulfonic acid group or a halogen atom.

Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a base sheet and a heat-sensitive record layer formed over the base sheet and comprising a colorless or pale-colored basic dye and a color developing material capable of forming a color when contacted with the dye, the heat-sensitive recording material being characterized in that the heat-sensitive record layer contains as the color developing material at least one multi-valent metal salt of a halophthalic acid derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a divalent saturated or unsaturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may optionally have a hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 acyloxy or phenyl group as a substituent or a divalent saturated or unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing one or two ether bonds, X is a halogen atom and n is an integer of 1-4.

Heat-sensitive recording material

A 5,6,7,8-tetrafluoroanthraquinone derivative represented by the general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently stand for --OH or ##STR2## (where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently stand for hydrogen an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl) and X and Y independently hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.

5,6,7,8-tetrafluoroanthraquinone derivatives

This invention relates to a solar energy storage material comprising N,N'-bis(phenylacetyl)indigo dissolved in a polar solvent. Of the indigo derivatives capable of storing the solar energy by the photoisomerization from trans-isomer to cis-isomer of the molecule, all of the compounds obtained so far had an energy storage capacity of only 30 cal or less per 1 g of the compound and also a high thermal isomerization rate from cis form to trans form in solution. Thus, they cannot be called a solar energy storage material of practical value. In the case of the present invention, on the other hand, when N,N'-bis(phenylacetyl)indigo is dissolved in a polar solvent such as acetonitrile, it is possible to store about 60 cal of energy per 1 g of N,N'-bis(phenylacetyl)indigo, and the half-life period of isomerization from cis to trans from in acetonitrile at 17.degree. C. is 1,264 minutes, which is also a satisfactory value for practical application.

Solar energy storage materials

This invention is a method for storing light energy using an indigo derivative. Among indigo derivatives capable of storing light energy by the photoisomerization of the molecule from the trans-form to the cis-form, compounds heretofore obtained have been soluble only in expensive solvents such as benzene, toluene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and the like and harmful substances. On the other hand, the indigo derivative of this invention has the form of a pyridinium salt, is soluble in water and/or ethanol, and permits employment of safe and inexpensive water and/or an alcohol as a solvent. The indigo derivative of this invention converted from the trans-form to the cis-form by irradiation with sunlight and storing sunlight energy liberates the aforesaid stored energy as heat on addition of a catalyst and/or a heat trigger.

Sunlight-energy-storing method

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Tondabayashi, Japan

Teijiro Kitao