Photosensitive material and image forming method

Claim 1

An image-forming method using a photosensitive material, comprising a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a polymerizable element, wherein said photosensitive and heat developable element comprises at least a photosensitive silver halide and an organic silver salt, wherein said material contains at least one compound selected from the compound represented by Formula (I), (II) or (III) shown below, ##STR5## being adapted to form silver atoms when subjected to an imagewise exposure and heat development, a polymerizable polymer precursor having a melting point of 35° C. or more, said polymerizable polymer precursor being inhibited against polymerization in the presence of said silver atoms, a polymerization initiator contained in an amount of from 0.01 mol to 10 mol per mol of said compound, said polymerization initiator being a photopolymerization initiator; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 5 and R 6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, an alkoxyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group; R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, or a carboxylic acid ester group; A represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; R represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; n represent 0 or 1; and Z is a divalent linking group and represents an alkylidene group, an aralkylidene group, or a sulfur atom; and when said photosensitive material is exposed to light with a wavelength of 400 to 900 nm, heated to 60° to 180° C. and exposed to light with a wavelength of 250 to 700 nm, an area of said polymerizable layer, corresponding to an unexposed area of said photosensitive layer, is polymerized.