A digital information recording media which includes a recording layer comprising a light-stable colored composition which composition is mutable or decolorizable upon exposure to a specific wavelength of ultraviolet radiation. The light-stable colored composition includes a colorant and an ultraviolet radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth ultraviolet radiation, to be mutable. The radiation transorber also imparts light-stability to the colorant so that the colorant does not fade when exposed to sunlight or artificial light. The ultraviolet radiation transorber is adapted to absorb radiation and interact with the colorant to effect the irreversible mutation of the colorant. Especially useful radiation is incoherent, pulsed ultraviolet radiation produced by a dielectric barrier discharge excimer lamp or coherent, pulse radiation produced by an excimer laser. In another embodiment, the colored composition which comprises a colorant and an ultraviolet radiation transorber may also contain a molecular includant having a chemical structure which defines at least one cavity. Each of the colorant and radiation transorber is associated with the molecular includant. In some embodiments, the colorant is at least partially included within a cavity of the molecular includant and the ultraviolet radiation transorber is associated with the molecular includant outside of the cavity. In other embodiments, the radiation transorber is covalently coupled to the molecular includant.
一种数字信息记录介质,包括一个记录层,该记录层包括一种光稳定的彩色组合物,该组合物在暴露于特定波长的紫外线辐射下可变或褪色。该光稳定的彩色组合物包括一种
着色剂和一种紫外线辐射吸收剂。在辐射吸收剂暴露于特定的窄带紫外线辐射时,
着色剂适应于变化。辐射吸收剂还赋予
着色剂光稳定性,使
着色剂在暴露于阳光或人造光线时不会褪色。紫外线辐射吸收剂适用于吸收辐射并与
着色剂相互作用,以实现
着色剂的不可逆变异。特别有用的辐射是由介电障碍放电准分子灯产生的非相干脉冲紫外线辐射或由准分子激光产生的相干脉冲辐射。在另一种实施方式中,包括一种
着色剂和一种紫外线辐射吸收剂的彩色组合物还可以包含具有定义至少一个空腔的
化学结构的分子包含剂。每个
着色剂和辐射吸收剂都与分子包含剂相关联。在某些实施方式中,
着色剂至少部分包含在分子包含剂的腔内,而紫外线辐射吸收剂与分子包含剂的腔外相关联。在其他实施方式中,辐射吸收剂与分子包含剂共价耦合。