In an imaging material, which normally produces upon imaging and development an image of one normal polarity (positive or negative), the trapping level is selectively controlled to produce, upon imaging and development, an image of the opposite polarity. This may be achieved, for instance, by adding a trap former to the imaging material, to produce, after selective activation of the trap former, for instance, by energy, the desired differential of the trapping levels in the image and non-image areas. Also imaging materials comprising a trap former.
A method for producing an image comprising image-wise exposing a light-sensitive layer containing a sensitizing agent and an image forming compound which can be transferred at non-exposed areas to an image receiving layer upon heating at about 80.degree. to about 200.degree. C, and which can be changed to a non-transferable compound at exposed areas, contacting the light-sensitive layer with the image receiving layer containing a compound which forms a colored image upon reaction with the image forming compound, and heating the light-sensitive layer to transfer the image forming compound to the image receiving layer at non-exposed areas, wherein the image receiving layer comprises an organic tellurium compound and a binder formed on a support.
A photosensitive recording material containing in admixture in a binder medium: (1) as imaging substance an organo-tellurium compound containing directly linked to a tellurium atom halogen and at least one organic substituent comprising at least one carbonyl group, (2) a photoreductant which upon exposure to activating radiation in the presence of a hydrogen-donating compound reduces said organo-tellurium compound to liberate metallic tellurium and halogen acid, (3) a hydrogen-donating compound from which hydrogen can be abstracted by the photo-exposed photoreductant, and (4) an organic reducing agent precursor, from which by the action of an acid a compound capable of reducing said organo-tellurium compound can be set free.
Selected areas of a layer comprising a tellurium tetrahalide imaging material, exemplified by tellurium tetrachloride, are subjected to the imaging effect of imaging energy, and of developing energy causing a chemical change in the tellurium tetrahalide imaging material in the imaged areas accompanied by a change in the detectable characteristic of the imaged areas. The aforesaid imaging material is extended in a matrix of a film-forming material together with a sensitizer. The application of the energy is advantageously effected in two steps, an imaging step employing imaging energy and producing a latent image, followed by a development step employing developing energy and producing the detectable recorded information or image.
Tellurium images are formed by the decomposition of tellurium (II) coordination complexes in the presence of a catalyst. The complexes are characterized in that at least one of the four coordination positions of the tellurium (II) is occupied by a sulfur containing ligand. Preferred ligands that can be coordinated with tellurium are sulfur containing bidentate anionic ligands. Complexes formed using these preferred ligands are more hydrolytically stable than other tellurium (II) complexes having sulfur containing ligands and yet are still capable of providing catalytic amplification.
Tellurium images are formed by the decomposition of tellurium (II) coordination complexes in the presence of a catalyst. The complexes are characterized in that at least one of the four coordination positions of the tellurium (II) is occupied by a sulfur containing ligand. Preferred ligands that can be coordinated with tellurium are sulfur containing bidentate anionic ligands. Complexes formed using these preferred ligands are more hydrolytically stable than other tellurium (II) complexes having sulfur containing ligands and yet are still capable of providing catalytic amplification.
