abstract |
Infrared sensitive heterogeneous photoconductive composition, elements and imaging method is presented. The composition comprises a continuous phase of a film-forming electrically insulating polymer having dispersed therein a plurality of crystalline particles consisting of an electrically insulating polymer and a trimethine thiopyrylium dye conforming to the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is sulfur or selenium and A⊖ is an anion. |