Provided are a protective sheet and a spectacle lens including at least one dye selected from the group consisting of a dye represented by Formula (1) and a dye represented by Formula (2), and application thereof. In Formula (1), R.sup.71 to R.sup.74 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or the like. In Formula (2), R.sup.21 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or the like, R.sup.22 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, and at least one of R.sup.21 or R.sup.22 is an alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms. n represents 0 or 1, and m represents an integer of 1 to 5.

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An optical filter, including a first absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye and a transparent resin. The optical filter also includes a reflection layer. The first absorption layer has a thickness of 0.3 ?m to 10 ?m. The optical filter satisfies conditions described in the disclosure. An imaging apparatus including the optical filter.

The present invention provides novel compounds and methods for hydrocyanines derived from near-infrared cyanine dyes, as reactive oxygen species probes in imaging. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides reduced dyes as substrates for ELISA and Western blots.

A core-shell dye, a near-infrared absorbing resin composition including the same, a near-infrared absorbing film, an optical filter, and a CMOS image sensor, the core-shell dye includes a core represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a shell surrounding the core, the shell being represented by Chemical Formula 2; ##STR00001## ##STR00002##

A core-shell dye, a near-infrared absorbing resin composition including the same, a near-infrared absorbing film, an optical filter, and a CMOS image sensor, the core-shell dye includes a core represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a shell surrounding the core, the shell being represented by Chemical Formula 2; ##STR00001## ##STR00002##

A composition that switches from a hydrophilic state into a hydrophobic state upon exposure to heat and/or light includes graphite oxide and an infrared absorbing compound.

The present invention provides methods, compositions, mixtures and kits utilizing deoxynucleoside triphosphates comprising a 3-O position capped by a group comprising methylenedisulfide as a cleavable protecting group and a detectable label reversibly connected to the nucleobase of said deoxynucleoside. Such compounds provide new possibilities for future sequencing technologies, including but not limited to Sequencing by Synthesis.

An oxadiazole dye for use as an organic photosensitizer. The oxadiazole dye comprising donor--spacer-acceptor type molecules in which at least one of an oxadiazole group acts as a -conjugated bridge (spacer), a naphthyl unit acts as an electron-donating unit, a carboxyl group act as an electron acceptor group, and a cyano group acts as an anchor group. An optional thiophene group acts as part of the -conjugated bridge (spacer). The dye for use as organic photosensitizers in a dye-sensitized solar cell. The dye for use in photodynamic therapies. Computational DFT and time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) modeling techniques showing Light Harvesting Efficiency (LHE), Free Energy for Electron Injection (G.sup.inject), Excitation Energies, and Frontier Molecular Orbitals (FMOs) indicate that the series of dye comprise a more negative G.sup.inject and a higher LHE value; resulting in a higher incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE).

In a thermal transfer recording sheet including a base material and a colorant layer, the colorant layer includes a yellow dye layer containing a yellow dye, a magenta dye layer containing a magenta dye, and a cyan dye layer containing a cyan dye, and the cyan dye includes a compound represented by Formula (Ia) or Formula (Ib):

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where R.sub.1 to R.sub.7 are substituents, X.sup. is an anion, and the compound of Formula (Ib) has at least one anionic substituent.

Photo-active devices including a substrate, a first electrode, an active layer including an organic salt or salt mixture that selectively or predominantly harvests light from the near infrared or infrared regions of the solar spectrum, and a second electrode. The devices are either visibly transparent or visibly opaque and can be utilized in single- or multi-junction devices.