Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1996, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 314-319.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1996.04.314

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STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF PHOTOOXIDATION OF NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING CYANINE DYES

LIJun CHEN Ping1, ZHAO Jiang1, ZHENG Deshui1, TSUNEKI Okazaki1, MASAAKI Hayami2   

  1. 1. Institute of Photographic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China;
    2. Nippon Kankoh-Shikiso Kenkyusho, Okayama 701, Japan
  • Received:1996-02-05 Revised:1996-05-17 Online:1996-11-20 Published:1996-11-20

Abstract: In this paper,spectrum characteristic and stability of three near-infrared cyanine dyes against photooxidation have been studied. Results showed that the stability of dyes with three kinds typical structure of heterocyclic stem against photooxidation was in such order:benzoxazole>benzothiazole>benselenazole. It was indicated through the quenching experiments that both of singlet oxygen mechanism and superoxide anion mechanism might be present in the auto-sensitized photooxidation of cyanine dyes, and photooxidation merely occurred in single oxygen mechanism.

Key words: infrared abosorbing cyanine dye, phtooxidation, singlet oxygen, superoxide anion