DE69507982D1 - Photochromische Zusammensetzung und Herstellungsverfahren eines photochromischen gehärteten Produkts - Google Patents

Photochromische Zusammensetzung und Herstellungsverfahren eines photochromischen gehärteten Produkts

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DE69507982D1
DE69507982D1 DE69507982T DE69507982T DE69507982D1 DE 69507982 D1 DE69507982 D1 DE 69507982D1 DE 69507982 T DE69507982 T DE 69507982T DE 69507982 T DE69507982 T DE 69507982T DE 69507982 D1 DE69507982 D1 DE 69507982D1
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Takashi Kobayakawa
Junji Momoda
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K9/00—Tenebrescent materials, i.e. materials for which the range of wavelengths for energy absorption is changed as a result of excitation by some form of energy
    • C09K9/02—Organic tenebrescent materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
    • G03C1/00—Photosensitive materials
    • G03C1/72—Photosensitive compositions not covered by the groups G03C1/005 - G03C1/705
    • G03C1/73—Photosensitive compositions not covered by the groups G03C1/005 - G03C1/705 containing organic compounds
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
    • G03C1/00—Photosensitive materials
    • G03C1/685—Compositions containing spiro-condensed pyran compounds or derivatives thereof, as photosensitive substances
DE69507982T 1994-04-27 1995-04-27 Photochromische Zusammensetzung und Herstellungsverfahren eines photochromischen gehärteten Produkts Expired - Lifetime DE69507982T2 (de)

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JP08941894A JP3471073B2 (ja) 1994-04-27 1994-04-27 フォトクロミック組成物

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EP (1) EP0681018B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3471073B2 (de)
AU (1) AU687991B2 (de)
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