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cyanine dye

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Noun1.cyanine dye - any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography
dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

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Media using cyanine dye performed well when exposed to light but had problems when under temperature/humidity stress conditions.
Mitsui, which is under-appreciated as a player in the CD media business, was a pioneer (with Kodak) in offering a "gold" phthalocyanine dye recording layer that--independent tests generally confirm--enable a longer archival life than the earlier "green" cyanine dye layers do.
Wu, now at Stanford University Medical School, investigated cyanine dyes, a class of light-sensitive compounds used in photography.
 
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