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20110311907 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Reduced are interferential streaks in a halftone image, which are produced when using a cylindrical photoreceptor conductive substrate having been subjected to tool bit cutting processing, and provided are an electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of obtaining high image quality in response to a light printing field or the like and an image forming method employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a cylindrical substrate having been finished via cutting processing and provided thereon, a photosensitive layer, wherein among peaks other than at a lag of 0 in a correlogram of a substrate surface profile in a direction along a central axis of the substrate, a mean value from a maximum peak in height to a third peak in height is 0.3-0.8, each of the peaks in height corresponding to an autocorrelation coefficient. | 12-22-2011 |
20120077116 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An organic photoreceptor comprising a cylindrical support having thereon at least a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, the cylindrical support having a corrugation processing profile along a central axis direction of the cylindrical support provided on a circumferential surface of the cylindrical support, wherein the corrugation processing profile meets Formula 1: | 03-29-2012 |
20120288300 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor that can improve unevenness in image density and reduce image defects such as fogging and dots. The electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive support, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer. The intermediate layer includes metal oxide particles surface-treated with a titanium chelate compound represented by the following formula (1): | 11-15-2012 |
20130052575 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor including an intermediate layer having sufficient electron transportability and blocking property and capable of suppressing image defects such as fogging and dots. The electrophotographic photoconductor according to the present invention includes a conductive support, a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, and an intermediate layer disposed between the conductive support and the photosensitive layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises metal oxide particles and a binder resin. The metal oxide particles are surface-treated with an alkoxysilane oligomer represented by the following Formula (1): | 02-28-2013 |
20140038094 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor including an electrically conductive substrate, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer that are formed on the electrically conductive support, the intermediate layer including first titanium oxide particles surface-treated with a first reactive organic silicon compound, second titanium oxide particles surface-treated with a second reactive organic silicon compound different from the first reactive organic silicon compound, and a binder resin. The first reactive organic silicon compound is methyl hydrogen polysiloxane. The second reactive organic silicon compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 02-06-2014 |
20140178809 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - According to the present invention, an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an intermediate layer is provided. The intermediate layer is a single layer and contains first metal oxide particles, second metal oxide particles having higher electron-transporting properties than those of the first metal oxide particle and a binder resin. The first metal oxide particles are unevenly distributed in the thickness direction of the intermediate layer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140377702 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR - Disclosed is a production process of an organic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of uneven density and image defects. The production process of an organic photoreceptor, the organic photoreceptor including an intermediate layer and an organic photosensitive layer on the intermediate layer, includes: applying a coating liquid for forming the intermediate layer to a conductive support to form a coating film, the coating liquid being obtained by dissolving a binder resin in a solvent and dispersing first and second metal oxide fine particles therein; and drying the coating film. The Pe number of the first metal oxide fine particles is two or more times larger than that of the second metal oxide fine particles. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110217726 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method for detecting a biological signal of a three-dimensional cell culture construct. The method for detecting a biological signal of a three-dimensional cell culture construct includes: providing a three-dimensional cell culture construct that contains at least two cell layers laminated to each other and a sensor particle capable of detecting a biological signal; and observing the sensor particle optically. Preferably, the three-dimensional cell culture construct contains an extracellular matrix including a combination of a protein or polymer having an RGD sequence and a protein or polymer that interacts with the protein or polymer having the RGD sequence, or a combination of a protein or polymer that is positively charged and a protein or polymer that is negatively charged. | 09-08-2011 |
20110257338 | HYDROPHILIC MATERIAL, MEDICAL MATERIAL AND SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE MATERIAL - A hydrophilic material having a hydrophilic nature and being biocompatible and processable into nanoparticles wherein a hydrophilic monomer such as threitol or a hydrophilic polymer such as polyethylene glycol is attached to the βposition of an α, β-unsaturated carboxyl group of a (co)polymer comprising an aromatic compound such as 4-hydroxycinnamic acid in which an aromatic ring is substituted by the α, β-unsaturated carboxyl group and one or more hydroxyl groups. In particular, a hydrophilic material having a nanoparticle size which is highly dispersible in water, can well migrate into the blood and is useful as a drug carrier, a medical material and a sustained drug release material. | 10-20-2011 |