Patent ID: 7997718

Claim:
A substrate having an IR-absorbing metal-cyanine dye disposed thereon, said dye being a metal-cyanine complex of formula (I): wherein Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 and Q 4 are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of: a C 3-20 arylene group and a C 3-20 heteroarylene group; M is selected from the group consisting of: Ga(A 1 ), Al(A 1 ), Mn(A 1 ), Fe(A 1 ) and Pb(A 1 )(A 2 ); A 1 and/or A 2 is selected from the group consisting of: a pentaerythritol derivative (A), a triethanolamine derivative (B), a phloroglucinol derivative (C), or a 3,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol derivative (D): each P 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of: H, an acid group (including salts thereof) and a sulfonamide group.