Xerox Corporation

Liang-Bih Lin

Jin Wu

Daniel Levy

Geoffrey M T Foley

Kathleen M Carmichael

Linda L Ferrarese

Edward F Grabowski

Satchidanand Mishra

Anthony M Horgan

Francisco Jose Lopez

Yonn K Rasmussen

Kent J Evans

Kenny-Tuan Dinh

John S Chambers

Brian P Gilmartin

Markus Rudolf Silvestri

Michael Stephen Roetker

Cindy C Chen

Robert P Altavela

Jennifer Y Hwang

Yuhua Tong

Marc J Livecchi

John J Wilbert

John F Yanus

Nancy Lynn Belknap

Edward C Savage

Andronique Ioannidis

Aaron Michael Stuckey

Jeanne M Koval

James McConnell Duff

Timothy P Bender

Lanhui Zhang

Michael A Morgan

Lin Ma

Gary Allan Batt

Anna M Main

James M Markovics

Harold F Hammond

Richard H Nealey

Robert W Hedrick

James R Backus

Ah-Mee Hor

David H Pan

William G Herbert

David M Skinner

Dennis J Prosser

J Robinson Cowdery-Corvan

Nan-Xing Hu

Pinyen Lin

Yu Qi

Robert C U Yu

Elias Panides

John Graham

Ruddy Castillo

Philip G Perry

Raymond K Crandall

Ryan J Ehmann

M John Hinckel

Kendra Michele Giza

Anthony Uttaro, Jr

Emily K Redman

Jodie L Watson

Timothy J O'Brien

Linn C Hoover

Cuong Vong

Dale S Renfer

Lloyd A Williams

Huoy-Jen Yuh

Cheng-Kuo Hsiao

Yvan Gagnon

Roger E Gaynor

Satish R Parikh

Helen R Cherniack

Joannes N M De Jong

Susan M VanDusen

James Lawton Giacobbi

Andrew R Melnyk

George Cunha Cardoso

Bin Zhang

Donald J Goodman

Steven Donald Bush

Robert W Nolley

Krishna Balantrapu

Marc John Livecchi

Kenny-tuan T Dinh

Ed J Radigan

Surendar Jevadev

Joseph A Tumminelli

James R Beckus

Francisco José López

Francisco López

Amanda Elizabeth Preske

Justin J Galloway

Rachel Lee Brown

Justin F Galloway

Amanda Preske

Daniel V Levy

Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for an electrostatic charging member including a conductive substrate; a base layer disposed over the conductive substrate, the base layer comprising an elastomeric material and a semiconductive material; and a protective outer layer disposed over the base layer, the protective outer layer comprising a polymeric resin and a plurality of conductive particles, wherein the outer protective layer has a surface resistivity ranging from about 10O/sq to about 10O/sq.

Protective coatings for bias charge rollers

An electrophotographic imaging device includes a charging device, a cleaning device, and a fuser member that each include hydrophobic carbon nanotubes. The use of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes can increases the charging device's, the cleaning device's, and the fuser member's durability, conductivity, and contaminants deposition.

Imaging device components comprised of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes

Exemplary embodiments provide intermediate transfer members that can be used in electrostatographic devices and methods for using them in forming an image. The disclosed intermediate transfer members can include a plurality of nanotubes with high electrical conductivity, high thermal conductivity, and/or low humidity sensitivity. The hydrophobicity of the nanotubes can be controlled by covalently grafting hydrophobic components onto one or more nanotubes; surface treating one or more nanotubes; and encapsulating one or more nanotubes with hydrophobic components. In an exemplary embodiment, the nanotubes can be dispersed in polymer matrices and/or formed on the surface of polymer matrices of the intermediate transfer members. The intermediate transfer members can take various forms of belts, sheets, webs, films, rolls, tubes or any shape that can provide a smooth surface and rotatable function.

Intermediate transfer members comprised of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes

A photovoltaic device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The active layer comprises a polyarylamine biscarbonate ester of Formula (I): wherein Ar, Ar, Ar, Ar, R, m, y, and n are as described herein. The photovoltaic device can be fabricated in an ambient environment and does not need significant processing.

Photovoltaic device

Provided are vacuum transport systems, methods of making them and methods of transporting one or more objects. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a vacuum transport system including a vacuum plenum and one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members can include a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of holes extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side proximate to an object, wherein a surface of the second side comprises a textured surface having an average roughness Ra of about 2 &#x3bc;m to about 100 &#x3bc;m.

Surface roughness for improved vacuum pressure for efficient media hold-down performance

The present disclosure is directed to charge generating compositions and methods of making the charge generating compositions. The composition may comprise one or more polymers comprising styrene units and allyl alcohol units, and one or more photoconductive particles. Electrophotographic devices employing the compositions, including methods of making the devices, are also disclosed.

Charge generating composition

Provide herein is a description of a bias charging member that includes a conductive core, and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes carbon black and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene.

Bias charging overcoat

Embodiments pertain to a novel imaging member, namely, an imaging member or photoreceptor comprising a protective outer layer which comprises light-absorbing composition that substantially prevents any light absorption by the overcoat layer. The composition comprises a low strength thermal plastic resin and a high optical density yellow dye. Thus, the light-blocking protective layer reduces the intrinsic light shock suffered by conventional overcoat layers without negatively impacting electrical properties of the overcoat layer and while improving print quality.

Protective photoreceptor outer layer

Various embodiments provide materials and methods for bias charging members including an outer surface coating, wherein the outer surface coating can include carbon nanotubes combined with polymer(s) to provide desirable surface, electrical, and/or mechanical properties.

Bias charge roller surface coating comprised of carbon nanotubes

Provided are media vacuum transport systems including media vacuum transport members, methods of making media vacuum transport members, and method of transporting media. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a media vacuum transport system including a vacuum plenum one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members can include a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of holes extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side proximate to the media, and a top coat layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the top coat layer can include a plurality of particles dispersed in a resin to provide an average surface roughness Ra of about 2 &#x3bc;m to about 100 &#x3bc;m.

Vacuum transport belts

Provided are media vacuum transport systems including media vacuum transport members, methods of making media vacuum transport members, and method of transporting media. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a media vacuum transport system including a vacuum plenum one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members can include a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of holes extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side opposite the first side, and a top coat layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the top coat layer can include a plurality of particles dispersed in a polymer blend to provide an average surface roughness Ra of about 2 &#x3bc;m to about 100 &#x3bc;m.

Provided are coating composites for imaging members, imaging members, and apparatuses for forming an image. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a coating composite for imaging components. The coating composite can include a film forming resin and a plurality of surface treated carbon black particles substantially uniformly dispersed in the film forming resin, wherein each of the plurality of surface treated carbon black particles includes one or more fluorosilanes bonded to a surface of the carbon black particle.

Treatment of carbon black with a fluorosilane

Provide herein is a bias charging member that includes a conductive core, and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes carbon black and polycarbonate.

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