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cyanine dye [′sī·ə·nən ‚dī] (organic chemistry) C29H35N2I Green metallic crystals, soluble in water; unstable to light, the dye is used in the photography industry as a chemical sensitizer for film. Also known as iodocyanin; quinoline blue. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Media using cyanine dye performed well when exposed to light but had problems when under temperature/humidity stress conditions. Mitsui, which is under-appreciated as a player in the CD media business, was a pioneer (with Kodak) in offering a "gold" phthalocyanine dye recording layer that--independent tests generally confirm--enable a longer archival life than the earlier "green" cyanine dye layers do. Wu, now at Stanford University Medical School, investigated cyanine dyes, a class of light-sensitive compounds used in photography. |
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