AgX1997 International Symposium on Silver Halide Imaging: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities in Silver Halide Imaging

Victoria, B.C., Canada
October 1997 
ISBN / ISSN: 0-89208-204-6

This publication is out of print.

© 1997, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology

The following papers are included in this publication. 

Keynote Papers

• Happy Together: Photographic Imaging in a Digital World
  Jack Chang; Eastman Kodak Company pages 1-1.

Silver Halide Emulsion Precipitation, Characterization and Performance

Jong S. Way and Shigeharu Urabe*
Eastman Kodak Co. and *Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Japan

• Anisotropic Growth and Screw Dislocation of {100} Tabular Grains
  Takayoshi Oyamada, Takekimi Shiozawa, and Seiji Yamashita; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Ashigara Research Laboratories (Japan) pages 2-7.
• New Insights into the Mechanism of Precipitation of Silver-Halide Tabular Crystals Having {100} Major Faces
  Peter Verrept; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. pages 8-10.
• Growth Mechamism of Pure AgX {111} and {100} Tabular Crystals Grown from the Vapour Phase
  G. Bogels, H. Meekes, P. Bennema and D. Bollen*; RIM Laboratory for Solid State Chemistry, University of Niimegen, The Netherlands *Agfa-Gevaert N.V.pages 11-15.
• A New Technique to Study Partial Grain Development
  Donald L. Black, Thomas B. Brust and Stephen C. Stoker; Eastman Kodak Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 16-18.
• The Photographic Response of a Grain Size Series of AgCl Cubic Emulsions
  Thomas B. Brust and Gary L. House; Eastman Kodak Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 19-21.

Silver Halide Emulsion Precipitation, Characterization and Performance, con't.

Rene De Keyzer and Bi-Xian Peng*
Agfa-Gevaert N.V. and *Chinese Academy of Sciences

• A Study on the Mechanism of Nucleation and Growth of Twin Tabular AgBr Crystals
  Youich Hosoya and Shigeharu Urabe; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Ashigara Research Laboratories (Japan) pages 22-26.
• New Insights in the Substep Mechanism of Twinned AgBr Crystals
  D. Bollen, G. Bogels*, T.M. Pot*, H. Meekes* and P. Bennema*; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. *RIM Laboratory for Solid State Chemistry, University of Nijmegen pages 27-30.
• Agglomeration Phenomena in AgX Precipitation in the Presence of Gelatin
  M.G. Antoniades and J.S. Wey; Manufacturing Research and Engineering Organization, Eastman Kodak Company pages 31-36.
• Particle Log-Size Standard Deviation as a Numerical Criterion to Distinguish Some Mechanisms for Nucleation and Growth
  Vitali V. Gavrik; pages 37-43.
• Direct Observation of Stacking Fault Structure in (111) Tabular Silver Halide Grains by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy
  Samuel Chen, S. Jagannathan*, R. V. Mehta*, R. Jagannathan* and A. E. Taddei; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research & Advanced Development *Eastman Kodak Company, Manufacturing Research & Engineering pages 44-48.
• On Nucleation and Growth of Silver Halide Tabular Grains
  E. Terentev; State University of Kemerovo pages 49-50.

Poster Session

• On Mechanism of Silver Halide T-Crystals Nucleation and Growth
  Timothy A. Larichev and Eugenie I. Kagakin; State University of Kemerovopages 51-56.
• Influence of Cd(II) Ions on Photoprocess Efficiency in Photoemulsion Heterocontact AgHal Crystals
  Eugene I. Kagakin, Elena V. Prosvirkina, Timothy A. Larichev, and Fyodor V. Titov; State University of Kemerovo pages 57-57.
• A Comparison Between Calculated and Experimentally Estimated Tabular Grain Growth Rate Constants
  E. Terentev and S. Shaihulina; University of Kemerovo pages 58-60.
• A Role of the Electrostatic Charge in Tabular Crystals Coalescent Growth
  E. Terentev and Yu. Basalaev; State University of Kemerovo pages 61-63.
• Crystallization of Silver Chlorobromide T-Crystals
  Eugene I. Kagakin and Fyodor V. Titov; State University of Kemerovo pages 64-66.
• Reciprocity Behavior of High-Aspect Ratio Silver Chloride Tabular Grain Emulsions
  Jerzy A. Budz; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 67-70.
• Research of AgHal Microcrystals Development Centers Stability
  Larisa V. Sotnikova; State University of Kemerovo pages 71-72.
• Spectroscopic Studies of Chemically Produced Silver Clusters
  Mona Treguer, Hynd Remita, Jacqueline Belloni, and Rene De Keyzer*; Laboratoire Physico-Chimie de Rayonnements *Agfa-Gevaert N.V., R&D Laboratories pages 73-76.
• Large Enhancement of Sensitivity by Strong Electric Field
  Katsuya Teraoka, Mituhiro Nakamura, Kaoru Hoshino, Kimio Niwa, Satoko Watanabe*, Naomi Saeki*, and Tadaaki Tani*; Department of Physics, Nagoya University (Japan) *Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 77-81.
• Additional Opportunities in Spectral Sensitization of Photothermographic Systems
  Mikhail A. Goryaev; Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Eng. pages 82-84.
• Holetrapping in Mixed Benzoxazolo-benzimidazolo Carbocyanine Spectral Sensitized AgBrI (111) Tabular Microcrystals
  R. De Keyzer and P. Callant; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. pages 85-87.
• Supersensitization Aroused by Capture of Dye Positive Hole
  Jun Ping Zheng, Ping Chen and De Shui Zheng; Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Academia Sinica pages 88-90.
• NEXAFS Spectroscopic Study of Organic Photographic Dyes and Their Adsorbed States on AgCl and AgBr
  Tohru Araki, Eisuke Ito, Kazuyoshi Oichi, Ryuichi Mitsumoto, Masaki Sei, Hiroshi Oji, Yasushi Yamamoto, Yukio Ouchi, Kazuhiko Seki Yasutaka Takata* Kunishige Edamatsu# Toshihiko Yokoyama, Toshiaki Ohta** Yoshinori Kitajima## Satoko Watanabe, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Tadaaki Tani***; Deparment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University Photon Factory, National Laboratory for High Energy Physics Institute for Molecular Science Photo Factory, Institute of Materials STructure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University Deparment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. pages 91-95.
• Influence of Stabilizers to an Internal Photosensitivity of Emulsion Microcrystals of a "Core-Shell" Type
  Boris A. Sechkarev, Larisa V. Sotnikova, and Timothy A. Larichev; State University of Kemerovo pages 96-98.
• Fundamental Solution Properties of 4-Hydroxy-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindenes
  Roger L. Klaus; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 99-103.
• Alkynylaminobenzoxazoles as Photographic Addenda
  Jon N. Eikenberry; Imaging Research and Advaned Development, Eastman Kodak Company pages 104-108.
• The BugBeater: A New Approach to the Control of Microorganisms in Photoprocessing Applications
  Karen Leeming, Christopher P. Moore, and Stephen Dyer*; Kodak European Research and Development Laboratories *University of Brighton pages 109-112.
• A New Equation of Characteristic Curves of Photothermographic Material
  Akihiro Hirano; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 113-116.

Silver Halide Chemical and Spectral Sensitization and Addenda

Yoshihiko Suda and Lillian Kellogg*
Konica Corporation and *Eastman Kodak Co.

• Variability of Medical X-ray Film
  V. V. Gokhale; Imaging Research, Inc. pages 117-119.

Poster Session

• Electrochemical Studies on the "Hydrazine Effect"
  Hiroyuki Kobayashi; Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University (Japan) pages 120-123.

Keynote Papers

• Color Paper: What Must Be Done to Meet the Challenge of Non-Impact Printing Technologies
  Takeo Koitabashi; Konica pages 124-124.

Silver Halide Photophysics and Latent Image Formation

Akihiro Hirano and Richard Hailstone*
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. and *Rochester Institute of Technology

• Shallowly Trapped Electrons in Silver Halide Microcrystals: An Electron Spin Resonance Study
  H. Vercammen, D. Schoemaker, and D. Vandenbroucke; Physics Department, University of Antwerp pages 125-128.
• Phase Sensitive Microwave Absorption Studies on Ag_1-xBr_x Emulsion Crystals
  Th. Mussig and A. Russow*; Du Pont de Nemours GmbH *Technische Hochschule Darmstadt pages 129-132.
• On the Behavior of Photoholes in Silver Halide Emulsion Grains
  Akihiro Hirano; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 133-136.
• Investigations on the Dependence of Electron Lifetimes on Bulk Properties in AgCl and AgBr Emulsions by Microwave Absorption Measurements
  M. Feigl, F. Granzer*, Ch. Jenisch*, Th. Mussig#, and J. Siegel; Agfa Gevaert, AG *J.W. Goethe-Universitat #DuPont de Nemours Deutschland GmbH pages 137-139.
• Investigations on the Influence of Surface Properties on the Lifetime of Photoelectrons in Silver Chloride Emulsion Grains
  Ch. Jenisch, M. Feigl*, O. Schroder, J. Siegel*, Th. Mussig#, and F. Granzer; J.W. Goethe-Universitat *Agfa Gevaert AG #Du Pont de Nemours Deutschland GmbH pages 140-144.
• Investigations of Reaction of Diffusion Limited Decay Kinetics of Photoelectrons in AgCl- and AgBr-Emulsion Grains by Microwave Absorption
  O. Schroder, F. Granzer, Ch. Jenisch, Th. Mussig*, J. Siegel#, and M. Feigl#; Institut fur Angewandte Physik, J.W. Goethe-Universitat *Du Pont de Nemours #Agfa Gevaert pages 145-147.
• Primary Photochemical Processes in Silver Halides
  Mikhail A. Goryaev; Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering pages 148-149.

Silver Halide Photophysics and Latent Image Formation, con't.

Mitsuo Kawasaki and Thomas B. Brust*
Kyoto University and *Eastman Kodak Co.

• The Effect of Three Different 4-Hydroxy-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindenes on the Melt pAg, Ionic Activation Energies and Photocarrier Responses of an AgBr Emulsion
  Lillian M. Kellogg; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 150-155.
• Characterization of Photographic Emulsions by Dielectric Loss (DL) and Photo-EMF Measurements
  G. Israel, J. Harenburg and J. Siegel*; Institut fur Organische Chemie, Martin-Luther Universitat Halle *Agfa Gevaert AG pages 156-158.
• The Influence of Homogeneous Distributed Iodide on the Bulk and Surface Conductivity of Silver Bromide Crystals
  D. Wilken*,#, A. Detering#, J. Siegel#, and G. Israel*; Institut fur Organische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle *Agfa Gevaert AG pages 159-161.
• Silver Clusters of Photographic Interest: Reduction Sensitization of Silver Chloride Emulsions
  Tadaaki Tani; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 162-163.
• Achieving Synergy Between Theory and Experiment by Computer Simulation
  Richard Hailstone; Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology pages 164-166.
• Energy-Level Assessment for Small Silver Clusters in AgBr Emulsion from Combined Experimental Data of Light Absorption, Spectral Sensitivity, and Photobleaching
  Mitsuo Kawasaki and Yoshiaki Oku; Division of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University pages 167-170.
• Dispersion of Latent Image Specks at Reduction-Sensitized Emulsions
  Ken'ichi Kuge, Hitoshi Shimabukuro, Takeriho Tsutsumi, Akira Hasegawa and Nobuo Mii; Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University pages 171-174.
• Reaction of Silver Sulfide Cluster Anions with Bromine Atoms
  Weidong Cui, Bixian Peng, Peng Liu*, Chunying Han*, Zhen Gao*, Fanao Kong* and Quhe Zhu*; Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences *State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences pages 175-177.

Silver Halide Chemical and Spectral Sensitization and Addenda

Yoshihiko Suda and Lillian Kellogg*
Konica Corporation and *Eastman Kodak Co.

• Observations of the Effects of Temperature and the Addition of Bromide on AgCI Cubic Emulsions
  Jerzy Mydlarz; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 178-183.
• Sensitization of Tabular Silver Chloride Grains with Morphologically Stabilized {111} Crystal Planes
  A. Verbeeck; Agfa-Gevaert N.V., R&D pages 184-185.
• Desensitization Due to Enhancement of Dispersion of Image Centers by Dyes (3) Effect of Crystal Defects
  Mikio Ihama, Kiyoteru Miyake and Tadaaki Tani; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 186-190.
• Chemically Produced Silver Electron or Hole Trapping?
  A.G. DiFrancesco, M.J. Tyne, J. Dai, R.K. Hailstone, A.D. West*, and A.R. Schoenberg*; Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology *Research Laboratories, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging pages 191-193.
• Excited-State Dynamics of J-Aggregates
  Keitaro Yoshihara*,#, Valey F. Kamalov#, Irina A. Struganova#; *Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) #Institute for Molecular Science (Japan) pages 194-196.
• Investigations on Photographic Sensitivity in Connection with Modification of AgBr Crystal Surfaces by Adsorption of Surface Active Substances
  Yv. Gorlitz*,#, J. Siegel#, and G. Israel#; *Institut fur Organische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle #Agfa Gevaert AG pages 197-200.
• The Mechanism of Cyanine Sensitizing Dye Adsorption of AgBr Crystals
  Hiroaki Ando, Noriko Ohara and Haruhiko Masutomi; Konica Corporation (Japan) pages 201-204.
• Supramolecular Organisation of Spectral Sensitizers on Atomically Flat Bromide-Modified Ag(111): A Combined STM and DRS Study
  G. Janssens, J. Gerritsen, H. van Kempen, P. Callent*, G. Deroover*, D. Vandenbroucke*; Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen *Agfa-Gevaert N.V. pages 205-211.
• Atomic Force Microscopy of an Organic Adsorbate on the Surface of Silver Halide Crystals
  Katsuhiko Suzuki and Hisakazu Nozoye*; Konica Corporation (Japan) *National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (Japan) pages 212-215.
• Relationships Between Sensitizing Dye Structure, Hydrophobicity, and Post-Process Dye Stain
  Richard L. Parton and David A. Stegman; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 216-219.

Poster Session

• Luminescence of Silver Halide Emulsion Microcrystals with Adsorbed Dye: The Study of Electron-Hole Transfer Reactions
  Vitaliy M. Belous, Alexander Yu. Akhmerov, Sergey A. Zhukov and Olga I. Sviridova; Scientific Research Institute of Physcis pages 220-224.

Color Forming and Environmental Chemistries

Keiji Mihayashi and Jon Staples*
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. and *Eastman Kodak Co.

• Mechanistic Studies on the Hydrolysis of Yellow Azomethine Dyes
  James H. Reynolds, Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, and William F. Smith; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Developmentpages 225-225.
• Pyrazolotriazole Azomethine Dyes Linked to Light Stablizer: Conformational Analysis and Effect on Light Keeping Stability
  Hiroshi Kita and Hiroyuki Iizuka; Konica Corporation (Japan) pages 226-229.
• A Study on the Hue of the Novel Acylacetanilide Azomethine Dye
  Naoki Saito and Seiji Ichijima; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. pages 230-232.
• High-Extinction Dyes from Yellow Imaging Couplers: The Release of a Pre-Formed Dye from the Coupling-Off Group
  David T. Southby, Jared B. Mooberry, David Hoke, James J. Seifert, and Zheng Z. Wu; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 233-237.
• The Effect of Yellow Coupler Hydrophilicity on Color Paper Developing Speed
  Yoshihiko Suda; Photographic Materials Development Division, Konica Corporation pages 238-240.
• Controlled Release Technology of Development Inhibitor through a Series of Timing Groups
  Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Tatsuhiko Ohbayashi and Hiroyuki Watanabe; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 241-244.
• The Use of Nucleophilic Aromatic Subsititution Reactions for Incorporation of Development Inhibitors into Color Reversal Photographic Films
  Thomas R. Welter; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 245-249.
• The Development of New Nucleating Agents for Fuji "INTEGRA" System
  Kohzaburoh Yamada, Koji Kawato, Shigeo Hirano, Kazunobu Katoh; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 250-253.
• Hydroquinone: Past, Present, Future
  A.C.H. van Peski; Polychrome Soest pages 254-257.
• Tableted Chemicals for Medical Film Processing
  Hiroyuki Ushiroyama, Kazuya Tukada, Kenji Ishida, Hideo Kobayashi, and Teruo Kashino; Konica Corporation (Japan) pages 258-261.
• On the Use of Diamond Anodes to Electrochemically Purify Photoprocessing Effluent
  J.J. Carey, C.S. Christ, S.N. Lowery, and D.R. English; Eastman Kodak Company, Health and Environmental Laboratories pages 262-263.

Photographic Systems and Components

Chika Honda and J. N. Eikenberry*
Konica Corporation and *Eastman Kodak Co.

• Theory of Color Granularity Phenomena: History - Solution
  Hans-Jorg Metz and Achim Wolf; Agfa-Gevaert AG pages 264-264.
• COLORSHARP Technology of the New KODAK GOLD 400 Color Print Film
  Hans Ling; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development pages 265-267.
• An Evaluation of the Silver Image Stability of Radiographic Films Against Oxidation through Incubation with Compressed Oxygen
  Chika Honda, Haruhiko Sakuam, and Masaaki Taguchi; Konica Corporation, Photographic Products Manufacturing Headquarters (Japan) pages 268-271.
• The Role of Silver Halide Componenet in Thermally Developed Photoimaging Media (TDPM)
  M.R.V. Sahyun; Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin pages 272-272.
• New Measurement Method for Antistatic Film
  Yasuo Kurachi, Hidetoshi Ezure and Kouichi Aoki*; Konica Corporation, Photographic Materials Development Division (Japan) *Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui University (Japan) pages 273-276.