Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited

Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Yokohama

Tetsuo Murayama

Hitoshi Ono

Shigenori Otsuka

Tetsumi Suzuki

Shuichi Maeda

Shinji Aramaki

Atsuo Saita

Tsunemitsu Tajima

Mamoru Nozomi

Masahiko Yoshino

Takashi Hirasa

Kanzi Shimizu

Akiko Yabe

Takumi Nagao

Takayuki Shoda

Michiyo Yokoyama

Ken-ichiro Sasaki

Teruyuki Mitsumori

Masashi Ito

Tetsuo Ozawa

Akiteru Fujii

Hideki Nagasaka

Osamu Ando

Kozo Ishio

Masako Takeuchi

Satoru Imamura

Sumiko Watabe

Kazuo Mitsuhashi

Yoshiharu Sato

Hiroshi Oba

Mitsuru Yoneyama

Yasuo Tateoka

Yukihiro Sato

Masayuki Yajima

Chiyoko Fukabori

Kohzo Ishio

The present invention is to provide a light emitting device which can generate high-intensity light emission, using a fluorescent material containing a rare earth element ion complex and being excellent in durability and also provide the fluorescent material to be used therein. The present invention relates to a light emitting device comprising a semiconductor light emitting element which emits light within the region from near-ultraviolet light to visible light, and a fluorescent material which contains a rare earth element ion complex having an aromatic ring-containing Bronsted acid ion with a pKa value of 7 or less as a ligand and emits light by the action of light of the semiconductor light emitting element.

Light emitting device and fluorescent material

Squarylium compounds, filters for plasma display panels employing them, and plasma display panel devices

A recording liquid characterized in that when it is printed with 100% duty and with a resolution of 600&times;300 dpi on an electrophotographic paper having a S.A.D (Surface Area Difference) of from 6.0 to 9.0 and a pH of from 6 to 8, the S.A.D. of the printed portion is at least 59.5.

Recording liquid, printed product and ink jet recording method

In the invention, there is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, said photosensitive layer containing an arylamine hydrazone compound represented by the following formula �I!. ##STR1##

Electrophotographic photoreceptor

An electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention comprises on a conductive support a photosensitive layer containing an arylamine hydrazone compound which has --O--A substituent on aryl moiety. The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention exhibits a very high sensitivity and a lowering in residual potential. It is excellent in durability.

An optical information processing element characterized by having a photoelectric and a memory layer provided with a function holding an electricity-conducting property which has been changed by radiation of light having a constant wavelength between electrodes at least one of which is provided with a light-transmitting property.

Optical information processing element and a light-to-light converting

An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electrically conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, wherein said photosensitive layer contains an arylamine compound of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula (II): ##STR2## Y is a group of the formula (III) or (IV):

Metal chelate of a monoazo compound and optical recording medium using it

An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electrically conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, wherein said photosensitive layer contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrazone compounds of the formulas (I), (II) and (III): ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula (IV):

Electrophotographic photoreceptor containing hydrazone compounds

Disazo metal chelate compounds for optical recording media

An organic electroluminescent device having an organic hole injection transport layer and an organic luminescent layer formed between two conductive layers constituting electrodes, wherein the organic hole injection transfer layer contains a hydrazone compound of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is a monovalent or bivalent organic group containing at least one aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic hetero ring which may have a substituent, each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, aralkyl, aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic group which may have a substitutent, each of R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is an alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, l is an integer of 0 or 1, m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 1 or 2, provided that A, R.sup.1 and the carbon atom to which R.sup.1 is bonded, or R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and the nitrogen atom to which R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are bonded, may bond to one another to form a ring.

Organic electroluminescent device

A photosensitive member for electrophotography having a photosensitive layer containing a hydrazone compound represented by the following general formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom; R.sup.3 represents a halogen atom; m is 1 or 2; and n is 0, 1 or 2. The photosensitive member has not only extremely high sensitivity but also sufficiently low residual potential. It is also highly resistant to fatigue so that the repeated use provides it with little accumulation of residual potential and little variation of surface potential and sensitivity.

Photosensitive member for electrophotography

A photochromic material to be used for a photosensitive arrangement such as photosensitive laminated glass. The photochromic material is formed of a high polymer substrate material containing photochromic spirooxazine compound as expressed by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are at least one selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkenyl group, cycloalkyl group and aryl group; R.sup.4 is one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and alkyl group having the number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 5; rings X and Y are at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon aromatic ring and heterocyclic aromatic ring; and Z is one selected from the group consisting of oxygen atom and sulfur atom. Additionally, a triplet state quencher such as nitroxy free radical is contained in the high polymer substrate material, thereby suppressing generation of deterioration substance due to irreversible reaction of spirooxazine molecules.

Photochromic material containing a spirooxazine and a nitroxy free

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Tetsuo Murayama