Silver halide photographic material having improved antistatic properties

• US 5,541,049 A
• Filed: 06/13/1995
• Issued: 07/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CareStream Health Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co (3M Company)
• Inventors: Torterolo, Renzo, Moore, George G. I., Lamanna, William M., Bucci, Marco, Huffman, William A., Ballerini, Dario
• Primary Examiner(s): Letscher, Geraldine
• Application Number:
  US08/489,751
• Time in Patent Office: 413 Days
• Field of Search: 430/523, 430/527, 430/529, 430/531, 430/631, 430/636, 430/637, 430/961
• US Class Current: 430/527
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/38 Dispersants; Agents facilitating spreading
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/385 containing fluorine
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/89 Macromolecular substances therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 430/162 Protective or antiabrasion layer

Abstract

The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material comprising a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, and a hydrophilic colloid layer coated on said at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said hydrophilic colloid layer comprises a combination of (a) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)polyoxyethylene surfactants and polyoxyethylene-modified polysiloxane surfactants, and (b) at least one salt of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imide or perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methide.

Claims

1. A silver halide photographic material comprising a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, and a hydrophilic colloid layer coated over said at least on silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said hydrophilic colloid layer comprises a combination of (a) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)poly-oxyalkylene surfactants and polyoxyethylene-modified polysiloxane surfactants, and (b) at least one salt selected from the group consisting of salts of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imides and salts of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methides.

2. The silver halide photographic material of claim 1, characterized in that said hydrophilic colloid layer further comprises at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of (c) non-ionic polyoxyethylene surfactants, (d) anionic polyoxyethylene surfactants, and (e) alkylsulfate surfactants.

3. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)polyoxyethylene surfactant is represented by the following formula:

##STR12## wherein Rf can be a perfluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkylene group, a perfluorocycloalkyl group, and a perfluorocycloalkylene group having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms, X can be --O--, --SO₂ NR"--, --CONR", --CH₂ O--, or a single bond, R, R'"'"' and R" are, independently, hydrogen or a lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and y is a number from 6 to 30.

4. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said polyoxyethylene modified-polysiloxane surfactant is represented by the following formula:

##STR13## wherein R is a lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R'"'"' is a lower alkylene having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R" is hydrogen or a lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 5 to 100, n is an integer from 2 to 50, p is an integer from 5 to 50, and q is an integer from 0 to 50.

5. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said salt of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imide or perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methide is represented by the following formula:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">[RF--SO.sub.2 .brket close-st..sub.v-1 X.sup.- M.sup.30

wherein Rf is a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X is nitrogen or carbon atom, M is an organic or inorganic cation, and v is the X valence, and wherein two Rf groups can join together to form a ring.

6. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 5 characterized in that M is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations, alkaline-earth metal cations, alkylammonium, and quaternary ammonium cations.

7. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 5 characterized in that M is a lithium cation.

8. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 2 characterized in that said non-ionic polyoxyethylene surfactant is represented by the following formula:

##STR14## wherein R₂ represents an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 30 ring atoms or a combination thereof, R₃ represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, D represents a group --O--, --S--, --COO--, --NR₄ --, --CO--NR₄ --, or --SO₂ --NR₄ --, wherein R₄ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, q represents 0 or 1 and r represents an integer of 2 to 50.

9. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 2 characterized in that said anionic polyoxyethylene surfactant is represented by the following formula:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">R--(A).sub.m --(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O).sub.n --X.sup.- Me.sup.+

wherein

R is an aliphatic, aromatic or a mixed hydrocarbon residue and preferably a linear or branched alkyl group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms or an aryl group substituted with one or more alkyl groups altogether having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms,

A is a divalent organic residue, preferably a carbonyl, a sulfonyl, an amino or an alkylene group preferably having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an oxygen atom or groups consisting of two or more of the above-mentioned groups, such as for example carbonylamino, sulfonylamino, aminocarbonyl, aminosulfonyl, or ester,

X is an anionic group selected from the class consisting of sulfonate group, carboxylate group, phosphate group and sulfate group,

Me is an alkali or alkaline-earth metal, and

m is 0 or 1 and n is an integer of from 1 to 25.

Me is an alkali or alkaline-earth metal, and

m is 0 or 1 and n is an integer of from 1 to 25.

10. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 2 characterized in that said alkylsulfate surfactant is represented by the following formula:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">R--O--SO.sub.3.sup.- Me.sup.+

wherein

R is a linear or branched alkyl group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and

Me is an alkali metal.

11. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said salt of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imide or perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methide is present in an amount of from 1 to 100 mg/m² of hydrophilic colloid layer.

12. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)polyoxyethylene surfactant is present in an amount of from 10 to 100 mg/m² of hydrophilic colloid layer.

13. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 1 characterized in that said polyoxyethylene-modified polysiloxane surfactants is present in an amount of from 1 to 100 mg/m² of hydrophilic colloid layer.

14. The silver halide photographic material according to claim 2 characterized in that each of said surfactants selected from the group consisting of non-ionic polyoxyethylene surfactants, anionic polyoxyethylene surfactants, and alkylsulfate surfactants are present in an amount of from 10 to 200 mg/m² of hydrophilic colloid layer.

15. A silver halide photographic material comprising a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, and a hydrophilic colloid layer coated over said at least on silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said hydrophilic colloid layer comprises a combination of (a) a non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)poly-oxyalkylene surfactant, (b) a polyoxyethylene-modified polysiloxane surfactants, and (c) at least one salt selected from the group consisting of salts of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imides and salts of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methides.