Thermal recording element
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsHuijuan D. Chen, Derek D. Chapman, Margaret J. Helber
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Abstract
A thermal recording element comprising a support having thereon a recording layer comprising a J-aggregate derived from an oxonol dye dispersed in a hydrophilic binder.
Claims20
A thermal recording element comprising a support having thereon a single recording layer comprising a J-aggregate derived from an oxonol dye dispersed in a hydrophilic binder.
A process of forming a single color image comprising imagewise-exposing by means of a flash, thermal print head or laser, in the absence of a separate receiving element, a thermal recording element comprising a support having thereon a single recording layer, thereby imagewise-heating said recording layer and causing it to change color to create said single color image, said recording layer comprising a J-aggregate derived from an oxonol dye dispersed in a hydrophilic binder.
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