US3788859A - Fine grain silver halide photographic emulsion containing hemicyanine sensitizing dye - Google Patents

Fine grain silver halide photographic emulsion containing hemicyanine sensitizing dye Download PDF

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US3788859A
US3788859A US00187494A US3788859DA US3788859A US 3788859 A US3788859 A US 3788859A US 00187494 A US00187494 A US 00187494A US 3788859D A US3788859D A US 3788859DA US 3788859 A US3788859 A US 3788859A
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A Sato
Y Nakazawa
Y Nakamura
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  • This invention relates to a spectrally sensitized silver halide photographic emulsion, in particular, to a silver halide photographic emulsion of fine grains having remarkably high photosensitivity in the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halile, not only in the region of the absorption wavelengths of a sensitizing dye, by spectrally sensitizing with hemicyanine dye.
  • sensitizing dyes having small desensitizing actions of this kind are desired in the selection of sensitizing dyes used in the production of silver halide photographic sensitive materials.
  • Capri-blue effect is known as another phenomenon of a rise in photosensitivity by sensitizing dyes in the region of absorption intrinsic to silver halide.
  • the Capri-blue effect is the phenomenon which appears at the short time expose with high illuminance when desensitizing or sensitizing dyes are added to the silver halide emulsion which have not been sensitized with sulfur or have not undergone reduction sensitization.
  • An object of the present invention is to obtain a silver halide photographic emulsion whose photosensitivity in the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halide is remarkably raised in addition to the region of wavelengths of sensitivity thereof being extended.
  • the elfect found by this invention is quite different from the aforestated Capri-blue in that the photosensitivity of the silver halide in the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halide is remarkably raised by adding a hemicyanine dye to the emulsion containing silver halide crystals of certain size even when this emulsion is sensitized by the sulfur sensitization, reduction sensitization or gold sensitization, and that this effect is especially great in long time exposure.
  • the above-mentioned objects are accomplished by adding at least one of the hemicyanine dyes having the following general Formula I or II to a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide crystals 95% by number of which is no more than 0.2 micron in diameter or to a silver halide emulsion. containing silver halide crystals whose mean particle diameter by number is no more than 0.18 microns:
  • Z represents a group of atoms necessary to complete a fiveor six-membered heterocyclic nucleus, such as oxazoline, thiazoline, oxazole, thiazole, selenazole, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoxazole, naphthothiazole, indolinine, imidazol, benzimidazole, naphthiomidazole, pyridine, quinoline nucleus, etc., which may be substituted, R represents lower alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, hydroxyalkyl (e.g.
  • A represents a hydrogen atom or, when taken together with B, represents a group of atoms necessary to complete a ring, preferably containing at least one heterocyclic
  • hemicyanine dyes used in this invention 5 are illustrated as follows, but are not limited wherein Z, R, L, m and n are the same meanings as those in the general Formula I, B represents an aryl group, 'such Dye 19...-
  • sensitizing dyes used in this invention represented by the general Formula I or II can be readily prepared according to the procedure described for example, in the specification of the British Pat. No. 355,693, or U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,298,732 and 2,369,509.
  • the hemicyanine dyes used in this invention are capable of not only extending the wavelength region of sensitivity of the photographic emulsion, but at the same time, raising the photosensitivity of silver halide in the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halide, when used in combination with a photographic emulsion containing silver halide crystals at least 95% by number of which is no more than 0.2 micron in diameter or with a photographic emulsion containing silver halide crystals whose mean particle diameter by number is no more than 0.18 micron.
  • This is especially eflective for a gelatin-silver halide emulsion, but it is also elfective for a silver halide emulsion containing a hydrophilic colloid other than gelatin, such as agar-agar, collodion, water-soluble cellulose derivative or synthetic or natural hydrophilic resins such as polyvinylalcohol, etc.
  • a hydrophilic colloid other than gelatin such as agar-agar, collodion, water-soluble cellulose derivative or synthetic or natural hydrophilic resins such as polyvinylalcohol, etc.
  • Silver halide photographic emulsions used in this invention may be any of silver chloride, silver bromochloride, silver bromide, and silver bromiodide emulsion, but especially excellent eifect is obtained in the case of silver bromide or silver bromiodide emulsions.
  • the sensitizing efliect of the hemicyanine dyes in this invention to the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halide largely depends on the grain size of silver halide crystals. Even between the photographic emulsions having the same halogen composition, the sensitizing eifect differs according to the grain size of silver halide crystals. Especially, in the case of a photographic emulsion containing silver halide crystals whose mean particle diameter by number is more than 0.18 micron, the sensitizing efiectin the region of wavelengths of absorption intrinsic to silver halide decreases greatly.
  • the sensitization ratio is given as the ratio based on the sensitivity value without adding the hemicyanine dye to the silver halide emulsion, which is calculated as 1.
  • one or several of the sensitizing dyes are added in a usual manner to a silver halide photographic emulsion previously sensitized by the chemical sensitization using one or more of unstable sulfur compoundsfprecious metal complex compounds and reducing compounds.
  • the hemicyanine dye is usually dissolved in a suitable solvent such as methanol, ethanol, etc., then added to an emulsion.
  • a suitable solvent such as methanol, ethanol, etc.
  • the amount of the hemicyanine dye contained in an emulsion can be varied widely in the range of from 5 mg. to 500 mg. per 1 kg. of emulsion according to the desired effect.
  • photographic emulsions of this invention can further be hypersensitized and supersensitized.
  • photographic silver halide emulsions of this invention are, for example, employed for IC plate, holography, electrobeam records, etc.
  • conventional additives such as other chemical sensitizing agents, stabilizers, anti-fogging agents, tone-adjusting agents, hardeners, surface active agents, plasticizers, antistatic agents, lubricants, development ac celerators, color couplers and fluorescent brightening agents can be used together in a conventional manner.
  • A represents a hydrogen atom
  • CH B represents an aryl group
  • L represents a 0113i methine chain such that L and R may be connected with 0 each other through a polymethylene chain
  • X represents an anion
  • m represents 1, 2 or 3
  • n represents 0 or 1
  • p represents 0 or 1
  • said Z is selected from the group consisting of oxazolines, thiazolines, oxazoles, thiazoles, selenazoles, benzoxazoles, benzothiazoles, benzoselenozoles, naphthoxazoles, naphthothiazoles, indolinines, imidazoles, .benzimidazoles, naphthoimidazoles, pyridines, and quinolines.
  • R is selected from the group consisting 'of methyl, ethyl, n-propy1,'hydroxyalkyl, acetoxyalkyl, alkyl groups con taining a carboxy group, alkyl groups containinga sulfo group, vinylmethyl and aralkyl groups 5.
  • X is selected from the group consisting of chloride, bromide, iodide, and perchlorate.
  • emulsion according-to claim 1 wherein said emulsion also contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of chemical stabilizing agents, stabilizers, anti-fogging agents, tone adjusting agents, hardeners, surface active agents, plasticizers, antistatic agents, lubricants, development accelerators, color couplers and fluorescent brightening agents.

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US4322494A (en) * 1980-01-23 1982-03-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photographic light-sensitive material
US4581329A (en) * 1983-03-11 1986-04-08 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material
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US4581329A (en) * 1983-03-11 1986-04-08 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material
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