Abstract: Solid poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles are obtained by preparing an oil-in-water emulsion from water and an organic solvent having a water solubility of 10 g/100 ml or less, and polymerizing an .alpha.-amino acid-N-carboxy anhydride by emulsion polymerization in the oil-in-water emulsion, or by polymerizing an .alpha.-amino acid-N-carboxy anhydride in water in the presence of an emulsifier and an initiator. Hollow particles can be obtained by adding a poor solvent for the poly-.alpha.-amino acid to the poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles and removing the solvents. These poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles are useful as a novel raw materials for coating on papers, rubbers and fibers, for encapsulating cosmetics, drugs, agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, and as particles for diagnostic reagents.

Abstract: Controllably conductive polymer compositions may be used in electrophotographic imaging developing systems, such as scavengeless or hybrid scavengeless systems or liquid image development systems. The conductive polymer compositions includes a charge-transporting material (particularly a charge-transporting, thiophene-containing polymer or an inert elastomeric polymer, such as a butadiene- or isoprene-based copolymer or an aromatic polyether-based polyurethane elastomer, that additionally comprises charge transport molecules) and a dopant capable of accepting electrons from the charge-transporting material. The invention also relates to an electrophotographic printing machine, a developing apparatus, and a coated transport member, an intermediate transfer belt, and a hybrid compliant photoreceptor comprising a composition of the invention.