Data storage medium having reflective particulate silver layer
First Claim
1. A reflective data storage medium comprising,a low melting temperature colloid matrix supported on a substrate, anda surface layer of non-filamentary individual silver particles, disposed in said matrix, having maximum particle dimensions primarily under 0.05 microns, some of which are aggregated with similar particles, and having a volume concentration of silver particles greater at said surface than in the interior of said matrix, said surface having an areawise substantially uniform reflectivity to visible light, said uniform reflectivity being between 15% and 75% and being electrically non-conductive.
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Abstract
A reflective laser recording and data storage medium, for direct reading after writing, formed from a photosensitive silver-halide emulsion wherein a surface latent image exposure on the recording area forms a depthwise gradient of silver nuclei. A single step negative silver diffusion transfer process is used to develop silver nuclei of the latent image and dissolve unexposed silver halide elsewhere, forming silver ion complexes. These complexes are transported by diffusion transfer to the developing silver nuclei sites where silver is precipitated and adsorbed to form a high concentration of non-filamentary particles at a surface of a low melting temperature dielectric colloid matrix which is highly reflective of light and electrically non-conducting.
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1. A reflective data storage medium comprising,
a low melting temperature colloid matrix supported on a substrate, and a surface layer of non-filamentary individual silver particles, disposed in said matrix, having maximum particle dimensions primarily under 0.05 microns, some of which are aggregated with similar particles, and having a volume concentration of silver particles greater at said surface than in the interior of said matrix, said surface having an areawise substantially uniform reflectivity to visible light, said uniform reflectivity being between 15% and 75% and being electrically non-conductive.
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