Patent ID: 6214499
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: C09B,G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light insensitive layer, wherein said light insensitive layer comprises a dispersion comprising a solvent having dispersed therein a liquid-crystal forming dye of structural Formula I:[D-(X).sub.m ]-(Y).sub.n Iwherein:D is a light-absorbing chromophore other than a cyanine dye or a barbituric acid or thiobarbitlric acid oxonol dye;each Y contains an ionic or a nonionic solubilizing substituent or a group with a pKa value of less than 4 in water;each X is a nonionic substituent;n is 0 to 10;m is 0-10; andthe resulting dye forms a lyropic liquid-crystalline phase in solvent.