abstract |
The invention provides a negative image recording material comprising: a support and an image recording layer disposed on the support, the image recording layer comprising an amide-acid compound containing a carboxyl group and an amide group expressed by the following General Formula (1): n n n wherein L 11 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 30 or fewer carbon atoms which may have a substituent; and wherein the amide-acid compound is insolubilized by a thermal ring-closure reaction between the carboxyl group and the amide group. n The invention further provides a negative image recording material comprising a support, an image recording layer disposed on the support, the image recording layer containing a polymerization initiator and a polymerizable compound, and an overcoat layer disposed on the image recording layer, the overcoat layer containing the amide-acid compound expressed by the General Formula (1). |