US3677765A - Silver halide supersensitized photographic emulsion - Google Patents

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US3677765A
US3677765A US114338A US3677765DA US3677765A US 3677765 A US3677765 A US 3677765A US 114338 A US114338 A US 114338A US 3677765D A US3677765D A US 3677765DA US 3677765 A US3677765 A US 3677765A
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Yoshiyuki Nadazawa
Yashuharu Nakamura
Haruo Takei
Akira Sato
Tadashi Ikeda
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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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    • G03C1/005Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein
    • G03C1/06Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein with non-macromolecular additives
    • G03C1/08Sensitivity-increasing substances
    • G03C1/28Sensitivity-increasing substances together with supersensitising substances
    • G03C1/29Sensitivity-increasing substances together with supersensitising substances the supersensitising mixture being solely composed of dyes ; Combination of dyes, even if the supersensitising effect is not explicitly disclosed
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    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09BORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES, e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; LAKES
    • C09B23/00Methine or polymethine dyes, e.g. cyanine dyes
    • C09B23/0008Methine or polymethine dyes, e.g. cyanine dyes substituted on the polymethine chain
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    • C09B23/00Methine or polymethine dyes, e.g. cyanine dyes
    • C09B23/02Methine or polymethine dyes, e.g. cyanine dyes the polymethine chain containing an odd number of >CH- or >C[alkyl]- groups
    • C09B23/06Methine or polymethine dyes, e.g. cyanine dyes the polymethine chain containing an odd number of >CH- or >C[alkyl]- groups three >CH- groups, e.g. carbocyanines

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  • R and R each represents a lower alkyl group or a substituted lower alkyl group
  • Z and Z each represents an atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole nucleus or a naphthothiazole nucleus
  • X represents an anion
  • R represents a lower alkyl group and R R Z 2,, X and In each has the same meaning as R R Z Z X and n respectively.
  • the present invention relates to a spectrally sensitized silver halide light-sensitive photographic emulsion and especially to a silver halide light-sensitive photographic emulsion in which at least two sensitizing dyes are used in combination, by which a Wavelength region spectrally sensitized by each sensitizing dye is super-sensitized and a high red-sensitivity is obtained.
  • the spectral sensitizing fllHCilOll obtained by the use of a sensitizing dye having a limited chemical structure may be additionally strengthened by using it together with another sensitizing dye or organic compound having a certain limited chemical structure. This phenomenon is known as a supersensitization function.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive emulsion having a high red-sensitivity in a spectral sensitized wavelength range of 620-690 nm. by using two different kinds of sensitizing dyes in combination.
  • This wavelength range is a spectral wavelength range used widely in black and white sensitive materials or in color photographic redsensitive layers.
  • R and R each represents a lower alkyl group (for example, methyl or ethyl, etc.) or a substituted alkyl group commonly used in sensitizing dyes (for example, a 'y-sulfopropyl group, a 'y-sulfobutyl group, a li-sulfobutyl group, a B-hydroxyethyl group, a fi-carboxy propyl group, a e-carboxybutyl group or an allyl group, etc.); 2, and 2;, each represents an atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole nucleus or a naphthothiazole nucleus, wherein the nucleus may be substituted with, for example, a halogen atom (for example, chlorine or bromine, etc.), a lower alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group (for example, methoxy or
  • cyanine dyes for example, a chlorine, bromine, iodine, p-toluenesulfonic acid or an ethylsulfonic acid ion, etc.
  • n 0 or 1, n being 0 when an intra-molecular salt is formed
  • R represents a lower alkyl group (for example methyl or ethyl, etc.)
  • R and R each represents a lower alkyl group (for example, methyl or ethyl, etc.) or a substituted alkyl group (for example, 'y-sulfopropyl, 'ysulfobutyl, B-sulfobutyl, B-hydroxypropyl, fl-carboxyethyl or allyl, etc.)
  • Z each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a benzothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole nucleus or a naphthothiazole nucleus, wherein the nucleus may be substituted with, for example, a halogen atom (for example, chlorine or bromine, etc.), a lower alkyl group (for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, etc.) an alkoxy group (for example, methoxy or e
  • cyanine dyes for example, a chlorine, bromine, iodine, p-toluenesulfonic acid or ethylsulfonic acid ion, etc.
  • m represents or 1, m being 0 when an intra-molecular salt is formed.
  • sensitizing dye (I) A characteristic of the sensitizing dye represented by Formula I (hereinafter termed sensitizing dye (I) is that the hydrogen atom at the B-position of the methine chain of the cyanine dye containing a benzothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole nucleus or a naphthothiazole nucleus is replaced with a phenylethyl group.
  • Such cyanine dyes easily form an optical (color) sensitization range which has a comparatively easy inclination at the long wavelength side of the maximum sensitization part.
  • sensitizing dye (l1) easily form an optical (color) sensitization range which has a comparatively steep inclination at the long wavelength side of the maximum sensitization part.
  • a high red-sensitivity can be obtained by using a combination of sensitizing dyes (I) and (II) as compared with the cases of using each sensitizing dye by itself. Further, it is possible to use the dyes together with an optical sensitizer in order to increase the green-sensitivity (a pseudocyanine dye, etc.) or othefl optical sensitizers having other spectral sensitization ranges.
  • sensitizing dyes which may be used in the present invention.
  • sensitizing dyes shown below are merely given as examples, applicants having no intention of being limited thereto.
  • sensitizing dyes represented by Formulae I and II used in the present invention can be produced by any known method.
  • the sensitizing dyes represented by Formula I are prepared by reacting a compound represented by Formula III:
  • R X and n have the same meaning as in Formula I, and R represents an alkyl group (for example, methyl or ethyl, etc.), with a compound represented by Formula IV):
  • the spectral sensitization method of the present invention is elfective for spectrally sensitizing gelatino silver halide protographic emulsions. Further, it is possible to sufliciently sensitize emulsions containing a hydrophilic colloid, excepting gelatin, such as agar-agar collodion, water-soluble cellulose derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol and other synthetic or natural hydrophilic resins by this method.
  • mixed silver halide emulsions such as of silver iodo bromide and silver chloroiodo bromide are suitable.
  • sensitizing dyes (I) and (II) may be admixed with the photographic emulsion by any common method.
  • coloring material is usually added as a solution in a suitable solvent such as methanol or ethanol to the emulsion.
  • the amount of sensitizing dyes (I) or (H) is preferably within the range of from mole to 10- mole of dye per mole of silver halide.
  • the molar ratio of sensitizing dye (I) to dye (II) used in the emulsion can vary over a wide range of 9:1-lz9 according to the desired eifect.
  • the photographic emulsion of the present invention can be subjected to hypersensitization and supersensitization by any well known method.
  • additives commonly used such as sensitizers, stabilizers, color controlling agents, hardeners, surface active agents, antifogging agents, plasticizers, development accelerators, color 8 formers or whitening fluorescent agents, etc., can be added to the emulsion by usual methods.
  • the photographic emulsion of the present invention can be applied to a suitable support such as glass, films of cellulose derivatives, synthetic resin films and baryta paper by any common method.
  • silver halide photographic emulsions which contain a combination of sensitizing dyes (I) and (II) were prepared.
  • the resulting films were exposed to a 64-lux daylight lamp (corresponding to 5400 K.) as the light source through a Fuji No. 7 filter (trademark) (red filter through which rays having a long Wavelength of about 580 nm. penetrate, produced by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) and subjected to development.
  • As the developing solution that having a composition described in Table l was used,
  • Table 2 shows the red sensitivity and maximum sensitization achieved employing the above-mentioned sensitizing dye (I) by itself.
  • Table 3 shows the red sensitivity and maximum sensitization realized when using the abovementioned sensitizing dye (H) by itself.
  • Table 4 shows the red sensitivity and maximum sensitization realized when using combinations of sensitizing dyes (I) and (II).
  • sensitizing dye (10- molslkg. emulsion) (ml.) Emulsion Maximum sensitization Red tnm.) sensitivity oomocoemoemeeeomoooeoo Red sensitivity is shown as the relative sensitivity based on the red sensitivity of sensitizing dye B being 100 when exposed using Fuji No. 7 filter (red filter).
  • R and R each represents a lower alkyl group or a substituted lower alkyl group
  • Z and Z each represents an atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole nucleus or a naphthothiazole nucleus
  • X represents an anion
  • R represents a lower alkyl group and R R Z Z X and m each has the same meaning as R R Z Z X and 11, respectively.
  • sensitizing dye (II) is a compound selected from the group consisting of 5.
  • the silver halide light-sensitive photographic emulsion as claimed in claim 1 further comprising at least one pseudocyanine dye.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one layer containing the silver halide light-sensitive photographic emulsion as claimed in claim 1.

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US4622290A (en) * 1984-11-09 1986-11-11 Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd. Silver halide photographic emulsion
EP1750173A1 (en) 2005-08-04 2007-02-07 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Silver halide photosensitive material and packaged body containing the same

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US4622290A (en) * 1984-11-09 1986-11-11 Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd. Silver halide photographic emulsion
EP1750173A1 (en) 2005-08-04 2007-02-07 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Silver halide photosensitive material and packaged body containing the same

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