Provided is a composition which has excellent temporal stability and excellent spectral characteristics, and with which a film with suppressed defects can be formed. The composition includes a coloring agent represented by Formula (1) and a curable compound, in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 each independently represent a substituent, R.sup.5 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. However, at least one of R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, or R.sup.14 is a substituent or each of R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 is a hydrogen atom.

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The present invention relates to modified proppants and methods of using the modified proppants that use metal ligand tracers to characterize subterranean fluid flow. The metal and ligands are best chosen to be a strongly-coordinating, chelating ligand with a functional group for the chosen flow environment.

Provided are a composition, in which, in a case where an absorbance of 500 nm is A.sub.500, an absorbance of 580 nm is B.sub.580, and an absorbance of 600 nm is C.sub.600, an absorbance of A.sub.500/B.sub.580 is 2.0 or more, and C.sub.600/B.sub.580 is 1.5 or more, a color filter, and a hemoglobin sensor having the color filter.

Microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators are provided as well as pharmaceutical formulations containing the microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators, methods of making thereof, and methods of use thereof for monitoring and/or stimulating electrical activity in a brain of a subject in need thereof. The microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators can include a particle having a spherical core containing one or more fluorescent dyes dispersed within a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix has an index of refraction of about 1.2 or greater; an outer surface surrounding the spherical core; and a gold nanoparticle, wherein the gold nanoparticle is on the outer surface, is dispersed within the spherical core, or both. The fluorescent dyes can include a voltage sensitive fluorescent dye.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the weatherability. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains an anthraquinone dye and a perinone dye.

The present specification relates to a composition for forming an optical film comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a binder resin, an optical film, and a display device comprising the same.

Provided are a coloring composition including a colorant including a yellow colorant, a resin, and a solvent, in which a content of the yellow colorant in the colorant is 30% by mass or more, and the yellow colorant includes 15% by mass or more of an azomethine metal complex; a film formed of the coloring composition; an optical filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

Provided is a composition with which a film that allows transmission of infrared light in a state where noise generated from visible light is small can be formed. In addition, provided are a film, a laminate, an infrared transmitting filter, a solid image pickup element, and an infrared sensor. This composition includes: a coloring material that allows transmission of infrared light and shields visible light; an infrared absorber; and a curable compound, in which the infrared absorber includes a material that shields light in a wavelength range of longer than 1000 nm and 1200 nm or shorter. In the composition, a ratio A/B of a minimum value A of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm to a maximum value B of an absorbance of the composition in a wavelength range of 1400 to 1500 nm is 4.5 or higher.

Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition comprising a polycarbonate resin, pentaerythritol tetrastearate, a black dye, and a blue dye, and an optical molded product comprising same.

A pigment composition including at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of a perinone-based pigment and a perylene-based pigment, water, a resin having a constitutional unit represented by Formula 1, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a phthalimide compound having a carboxyalkyl group and a naphthalimide compound having a carboxyalkyl group; a method for producing thereof; and an aqueous ink composition using the pigment composition. In Formula 1, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L.sup.2 represents —C(═O)O—, —OC(═O)—, or —C(═O)NR.sup.2— and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group having 6 or more carbon atoms. ##STR00001##