An infrared absorbing composition which is used for forming an infrared cut filter in a solid image pickup element having the infrared cut filter includes at least one infrared absorber having an absorption maximum at a wavelength of 650 nm or longer which is selected from polymethine colorants.

Provided is a coloring composition with which a film capable of allowing transmission of infrared light in a state where noise generated from visible light is small can be formed. In addition, also provided are a film, a color filter, a pattern forming method, a method for manufacturing a color filter, a solid image pickup element, and an infrared sensor in which the coloring composition is used. The coloring composition includes a coloring material that shields light in a visible range; and an infrared absorber. It is preferable that the coloring material that shields light in the visible range includes two or more chromatic colorants and that a combination of the two or more chromatic colorants forms black. Alternatively, it is preferable that the coloring material that shields light in the visible range includes an organic black colorant. It is preferable that the organic black colorant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a perylene compound and a bisbenzofuranone compound.

An object of the present invention is to provide a luminescent particle having an emission maximum wavelength in a long wavelength range of 680 nm or longer and exhibiting a high quantum yield; and a compound having an emission maximum wavelength in a long wavelength range of 680 nm or longer and exhibiting a high quantum yield in the particles. According to the present invention, provided is a luminescent particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) (definitions of substituents in the formula are as set forth in the description) and a particle. ##STR00001##

An object of the present invention is to provide a luminescent particle having an emission maximum wavelength in a long wavelength range of 680 nm or longer and exhibiting a high quantum yield; and a compound having an emission maximum wavelength in a long wavelength range of 680 nm or longer and exhibiting a high quantum yield in the particles. According to the present invention, provided is a luminescent particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) (definitions of substituents in the formula are as set forth in the description) and a particle. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a fluorescent reporter capable of labeling nucleic acids including DNA and exhibiting luminescent properties at an excited energy level, and various uses thereof.

The present invention relates to a fluorescent reporter capable of labeling nucleic acids including DNA and exhibiting luminescent properties at an excited energy level, and various uses thereof.

In various embodiments, the present invention provides fluorescent dyes that are linked to another species through an adaptor moiety. In an exemplary embodiment, the dye is linked to a polyphosphate nucleic acid through an adaptor. An adaptor can be a component of a linker. These conjugates find use in single molecule DNA sequencing and other applications. In various embodiments, the dye moiety is a cyanine dye. Cyanine dyes that are highly charged, such as those including multiple sulfonate, alkylsulfonate, carboxylate and/or alkylcarboxylate moieties are examples of cyanine dyes of use in the compounds of the invention.

An ink set contains a first ink containing a compound in which a pyrazolone ring and a thiazole ring are bonded and a second ink containing a compound in which a pyrazolone ring and a pyridinedione ring are bonded. A thermal transfer recording sheet has a first ink layer containing a compound in which a pyrazolone ring and a thiazole ring are bonded and a second ink layer containing a compound in which a pyrazolone ring and a pyridinedione ring are bonded.

A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.

A method for loading a support with a compound in an organic solvent, characterized in that the organic solvent contains an amine. The organic solvent preferably has a hydroxy group. The compound preferably has at least one of carboxyl, sulfonic, phosphoric, phosphonic, and alkoxysilyl groups. The support is preferably a metal oxide, such as titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or aluminum oxide. The resulting compound-loaded support is suited for use as an electrode.