A fluorescent composition for the securement of a product, and the method for the securement of a product, which includes the step of preparing the fluorescent composition and a securement step by applying the fluorescent composition to at least a portion of the product. The fluorescent composition includes a polymer matrix incorporating at least a compound having formula I:

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Provided are a wavelength selective absorption filter containing a resin and a dye A, which has a main absorption wavelength band in the wavelength selective absorption filter at a wavelength of 400 to 450 nm, and a dye C, which has a main absorption wavelength band in the wavelength selective absorption filter at a wavelength of 560 to 600 nm, each of which has a main absorption wavelength band in a different wavelength range, as well as a polarizing plate and an organic electroluminescent display device or liquid crystal display device, which include the wavelength selective absorption filter. However, the dye A and the dye C do not have fluorescence.

Rapid prototyping and delivery of fluorescent medical devices using a 3D printer provided with a processed digital design and fluorescent filament feedstock. The fluorescent filament may comprise a polymer such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and between 10 and 100 ppm of a fluorophore such as indocyanine green embedded uniformly throughout the polymer. The filament may include about one percent by weight of a colorant. The 3D printer may be located at the site of use by an end user, such as a physician office, hospital, or operating room for printing of the fluorescent medical device on demand.

A composition comprising at least an electron-donating color-developing organic compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a color development regulator that hampers the color development by the electron-donating color-developing organic compound and the electron-accepting compound, wherein the color development regulator is hydrophilic, and the composition can change the color thereof in the presence of water or a water-containing liquid. A coloring agent comprising the composition, which composition is retained or carried by a specified microbody and can change its color in the presence of water or a water-containing liquid, wherein the specified microbody allowing water or a water-containing liquid to come into contact with the retained or carried composition.

A salt-forming compound represented by the following general formula (3): ##STR00001##
where X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an aromatic ring group optionally containing a substituent; Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group that the carbon atom directly bound to X.sup.1 or X.sup.2 does not have a π bond; Z.sup.+ represents an organic cation group; e represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and when e is 2 or more, a plurality of Ys and a plurality of Z.sup.+ s may be each the same or different; A.sup.c- represents a heteropolyoxometalate anion which is a c-valent anion and which has an oxidation-reduction potential larger than −0.3 V relative to the silver/silver chloride electrode; f and c are each an integer of 2 or more; g is an integer of 1 or more; and the salt-forming compound is a normal salt that f×e=c×g.

Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium having excellent oil resistance among various performances required for the thermosensitive recording medium. The thermosensitive recording medium has a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains N-[2-(3-phenylureido)phenyl] benzenesulfonamide and an urea-based compound represented by the general formula 1 as the electron accepting color developing agents,

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wherein R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle-containing composition capable of forming a wavelength conversion layer that efficiently converts the wavelength of excitation light and exhibits sufficient luminescence intensity. An aspect of the semiconductor nanoparticle-containing composition of the present invention contains semiconductor nanoparticles (A) and a coloring matter (B) and further contains a polymerizable compound (C), in which the semiconductor nanoparticles (A) have a maximum emission wavelength in the range of 500 to 670 nm over a wavelength range of 300 to 780 nm, and the coloring matter (B) contains at least one selected from coloring matters (B1) to (B5) having specific structures.

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.

Provided herein are hybrid pigments and methods of making the same. The hybrid pigments include a natural polyamide substrate and an acid dye disposed on the natural polyamide substrate. The hybrid pigments are biodegradable, compostable, or both, and provide an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic polymer particle-based pigments.

A color material dispersion liquid including a color material, which is a salt-forming compound of an organic dye with a heteropolyoxometalate, a dispersant and a solvent, wherein the organic dye is at least one organic dye selected from the group consisting of a porphyrin dye, a tetraazaporphyrin dye, a phthalocyanine dye and a squarylium dye, and wherein the heteropolyoxometalate is a heteropolyoxometalate which has an oxidation-reduction potential larger than −0.3 V relative to the silver/silver chloride electrode.