The present invention relates to compositions thermally curable on demand by red to near infrared irradiation, method of using same for thermal amplification of free radical polymerizations, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to the use of a heat-generating dye in association with a thermal initiator for controlling the onset of thermal free radical polymerization.

The present invention relates to compositions thermally curable on demand by red to near infrared irradiation, method of using same for thermal amplification of free radical polymerizations, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to the use of a heat-generating dye in association with a thermal initiator for controlling the onset of thermal free radical polymerization.

An optical material satisfies the following (1) to (3) by a transmittance curve in a case in which the optical material is measured at a thickness of 2 mm, and has a* of from −4 to 1 and b* of from −1 to 11 as a hue in a CIE 1976 (L*, a*, b*) color space: (1) the transmittance curve has a maximum value T1 of transmittance at a wavelength of from 400 nm to 445 nm of 65% or more; (2) the transmittance curve has a minimum value T2 of transmittance at a wavelength of from 445 nm to 485 nm of 60% to 90%; and (3) a minimum value of transmittance at a wavelength of from 650 nm to 800 nm is 75% or more, and an average value of transmittance at a wavelength of from 650 nm to 800 nm is 80% or more.

Provided are a composition including a coloring agent having a structure represented by Formula (1), an organic solvent, and a curable compound, in which a solubility of the coloring agent having a structure represented by Formula (1) in propylene glycol methyl ether acetate at 25° C. is 100 mg/L or less; a compound having a structure represented by Formula (4-1); a film formed of the composition; a near-infrared cut filter; a pattern forming method; a laminate; a solid-state imaging element; an infrared sensor; an image display device; a camera module; and a novel compound.

(Dye).sub.n-L.sup.1  (1)

In Formula (1), L.sup.1 represents an n-valent linking group, n represents an integer of 2 to 10, where in a case where n is 2, L.sup.1 may be a single bond, and Dye's each independently represent a coloring agent structure having a maximal absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 650 nm to 2,000 nm.

Improved sensor compositions comprising a dye are provided. The compositions are generally characterized by at least partially immobilizing the dye on polymeric microparticles and dispersing in a dispersion medium. The dye may comprise an oxygen, humidity, carbon dioxide, temperature, or pH-responsive dye. Also provided is a sensor patch comprising a substrate and the sensor composition comprising a dye.

Improved sensor compositions comprising a dye are provided. The compositions are generally characterized by at least partially immobilizing the dye on polymeric microparticles and dispersing in a dispersion medium. The dye may comprise an oxygen, humidity, carbon dioxide, temperature, or pH-responsive dye. Also provided is a sensor patch comprising a substrate and the sensor composition comprising a dye.

A coloring composition contains a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A, an isoindoline pigment B, a resin C, and a curable compound D having an ethylenically unsaturated bonding group, in which the resin C includes a resin C1 having a repeating unit formed by polymerizing a polymerizable compound Cm having a CLogP value of 3.0 or more with the CLogP value being a calculated value of a LogP which is the common logarithm of a partition coefficient P of 1-octanol/water, and having a cyclic structure in a molecule thereof, and the ratio of the mass of the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A to the mass of the isoindoline pigment B is 55:45 to 85:15 in terms of the mass of the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A:the mass of the isoindoline pigment B.

A coloring composition contains a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A, an isoindoline pigment B, a resin C, and a curable compound D having an ethylenically unsaturated bonding group, in which the resin C includes a resin C1 having a repeating unit formed by polymerizing a polymerizable compound Cm having a CLogP value of 3.0 or more with the CLogP value being a calculated value of a LogP which is the common logarithm of a partition coefficient P of 1-octanol/water, and having a cyclic structure in a molecule thereof, and the ratio of the mass of the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A to the mass of the isoindoline pigment B is 55:45 to 85:15 in terms of the mass of the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment A:the mass of the isoindoline pigment B.

A dye ink composition includes: a dye represented by the general formula (I) as defined herein; water; a compound represented by the general formula (II) as defined herein; and a toning agent represented by the general formula (Cy-2) as defined herein.

A dye ink composition includes: a dye represented by the general formula (I) as defined herein; water; a compound represented by the general formula (II) as defined herein; and a toning agent represented by the general formula (Cy-2) as defined herein.