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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Hirofumi Hayata, Fuchu, JP;
Masao Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Shida, Hino, JP;
Kunihiro Ogura, Hino, JP;
Hirofumi Hayata, Fuchu, JP;
Masao Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Shida, Hino, JP;
Kunihiro Ogura, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an organic photoreceptor possessing a photosensitive layer having a surface layer, provided on a conductive support, wherein the surface layer of the organic photoreceptor contains a block copolymer composed of a matrix component and a low surface energy component, and possesses a sea/island structure having domains formed by aggregating the low surface energy component in the block copolymer, and also disclosed are a process cartridge, an image forming method and an image forming apparatus, employing the foregoing organic photoreceptor.