Abstract: An organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element having a) a charge transport material with the formula ?where X is a linking group having the formula —(CH2)m—, branched or linear, where m is an integer between 0 and 20, inclusive, and one or more of the methylene groups is optionally replaced by O, S, C?O, O?S?O, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group, urethane, urea, an ester group, a NR3 group, a CHR4 group, or a CR5R6 group where R3, R4, R5, and R6 are, independently, H, hydroxyl group, thiol group, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, a heterocyclic group, or an aryl group; R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; Y is an aromatic group; and n is a distribution of integer values greater than 2; and (b) a charge generating compound.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are, each independently, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, an aryl group, or heterocyclic group, X and X? are, each independently, aromatic groups, and Z is a divalent linking group; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are described.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are, independently, H, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, or an aryl group; X1 and X2 are, independently, a linking group having the formula —(CH2)m—, branched or linear, where m is an integer between 1 and 20, inclusive, and one or more of the methylene groups is optionally replaced by O, S, C?O, O?S?O, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group, urethane, urea, an ester group, a NR5 group, a CHR6 group, or a CR7R8 group where R4, R5, R6, and R7 are, independently, H, hydroxyl group, thiol group, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, a heterocyclic group, or an aryl group; and Y1, Y2, and Y3 are, independently, an arylamine group; and (b) a charge generating compound.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where n is an integer between 3 and 6; R1 and R2 are, each independently, H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; R3, R4, and R5 are, each independently, H, thiol, hydroxyl, carboxyl, an amino group, a halogen, nitro, cyano, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a part of a ring group; X1 and X2 are, each independently, a linking group; Y comprises an arylamine group; and Z is a bridging group; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are described.

Abstract: An organophotoreceptor that includes: (a) a charge transport compound having the formula where n is an integer between 2 and 6, inclusive; R1 is an aryl group; R2 is a sulfolanyl group; a pyrrolyl group; a tetrazolyl group; a benzotriazolyl group; a stilbenyl group; an alkylsulfonylphenyl group, an arylsulfonylphenyl; a pyrazolyl group; or group A, where A is with the proviso that when R2 is an alkylsulfonylphenyl group or an arylsulfonylphenyl, R1 may be hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; X is an alkylene linking group as described in the specification; and Y is a bond, C, N, O, S, a —(CH2)p— group where p is an integer between 0 and 10, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cyclosiloxyl, a heterocyclic group, or a CR7 group where R7 is H, alkyl group, or aryl group; (b) a charge generating compound; and (c) an electrically conductive substrate.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where R1, R2, R3, and R4 comprise, each independently, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a part of a ring group; X and X? comprise, each independently, an aromatic group; Y and Y? comprise, each independently, a (disubstituted)methylene group; and Z is a linking group; (b) a charge generating compound; and (c) an electrically conductive substrate on which said charge transport material and said charge generating compound are located. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are also described.

Abstract: Charge transport compounds are described that have a multiple number of hydrazone-bridged (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine groups connected by a central bridging group. Examples of charge transport compounds of this invention are those having the following generic formula: (R—Q)n-Y where R is an (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine group; Q comprises an aromatic hydrazone linking group; Y comprises a bridging group between R—Q—groups; and n is an integer between 2 and 6. An organic photoreceptor includes (a) that compound and (b) a charge generating compound; and (c) an electrically conductive substrate.

Abstract: Improved charge transport material comprises the formula: where M comprises a metallocenyl group; Y comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of a metallocenyl group, a hydrazone group, an azine group, a reactive ring group, an ethylenically unsaturated group, and combinations thereof; R1 and R2 comprise, each independently, H, an organic group, or an organometallic group; and X is a bond, O, S, an aminylene group, a sulfonyl group, an organic linking group, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Improved charge transport material having the formula: Y1-Z1-X-E where E comprises a 9-fluorenonyl group, a dicyanomethylene-9-fluorenonyl group, or a -Z2-Y2 group; Z1 and Z2 comprise, each independently, a 1,3,6,8-tetraoxo-1,3,6,8-tetrahydrobenzo[lmn][3,8]phenanthroline-2,7-diyl group; Y1 and Y2 comprise, each independently, H or an organic group, such as an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and combinations thereof; and X comprises a bond, O, S, an aminylene group, a sulfonyl group, an organic linking group, or a combination thereof. The methods of using the charge transport materials in organophotoreceptors, electrophotographic imaging apparatuses, and electrophotographic imaging processes are also described.

Abstract: Improved charge transport materials having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 comprise, each independently, H or an organic group; and Y comprises an aromatic group, such as an aryl group and an aromatic heterocyclic group. The methods of using the charge transport materials in organophotoreceptors, electrophotographic imaging apparatuses, and electrophotographic imaging processes are also described.

Abstract: An organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element having a) a charge transport composition with the formula where Y1 and Y2 are, each independently, an arylamine group; X1 and X2 are, each independently, a linking group; R1 and R2 are, each independently, a hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group; Z is a bridging group; and n is a distribution of integers between 1 and 100,000 with an average value greater than 1; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are described.

Abstract: Improved charge transport material having the formula: Y-Z-X-E where E comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of a reactive ring group, a vinyl ether group, an acrylamido group, and a methacrylamido group; X comprises a bond, O, S, an aminylene group, a sulfonyl group, an organic linking group, or a combination thereof; Z comprises a 1,3,6,8-tetraoxo-1,3,6,8-tetrahydrobenzo[lmn][3,8]phenanthroline-2,7-diyl group; and Y comprises H or an organic group, such as an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula X-Z-X? where X and X? are, each independently, a (9-fluorenylidene)malononitrile group, and Z is a linking group; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are described.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel organophotoreceptor that comprises an electrically conductive substrate and photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element having a) a charge transport compound having the formula R1 is an aromatic group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or a heterocyclic group; R2 comprises an (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine group; R3 comprises an epoxy group; R4 is H, an aromatic group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or a heterocyclic group; and X is a first linking group; and (b) a charge generating compound. The epoxy group can be reacted with a functional group within the polymer to form a polymeric charge transport compound either directly or through a crosslinking agent. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are also described.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where R1 and R2 are, independently, H, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, or an aryl group; X is a linking group having the formula —(CH2)m—, branched or linear, where m is an integer between 1 and 20, inclusive, and one or more of the methylene groups is optionally replaced by O, S, C?O, O?S?O, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group, urethane, urea, an ester group, a NR3 group, a CHR4 group, or a CR5R6 group where R3, R4, R5, and R6 are, independently, H, hydroxyl group, thiol group, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, a heterocyclic group, or an aryl group; E is an epoxy group; and Z is a phenothiazine group, a phenoxazine group, a phenoxathiin group, a dibenzo(1,4)dioxin group, a thianthrene group, or a phenazine group; and (b) a charge generating compound.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptors comprise: (a) a charge transport compound having the formula where n is an integer from 0 to 1; X is an (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine group; Ar is an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; A is a first linking group with the formula —(CH2)p— which can be branched or linear, where p is an integer from 3 to 20 inclusive and where one or more methylene groups can be optionally replaced by O, S, a carbonyl group, urethane, urea, an ester group, a —NR16 group, a CHR17 group, or a CR18R19 group where R16, R17, R18 and R19 are, independently, H, hydroxyl, thiol, an amine group, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, an aryl group, or part of a ring; and B is a second linking group having the formula -Q-Z-Q?-, where Q and Q? are, independently, O, S, or NR1, where R1 is an H, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group or an aryl group, and Z comprises a heterocyclic group; (b) a charge generating compound; and (c) an electrically conductive substrate over which said charge transport compound a

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel organophotoreceptor that comprises an electrically conductive substrate and photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element having a) a novel charge transport compound having the formula where X is a divalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a divalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms where there is at least one substitution of a carbon atom by a heteroatom provided that no two heteroatoms may be adjacent within the backbone of an aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical, R1 is an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R2 is a (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine group, and R3 is an epoxy group; and (b) a charge generating compound. The epoxy group can be reacted with a functional group within the polymer to form a polymeric charge transport compound either directly or through a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel organophotoreceptor that includes: (a) a charge transport material comprising a fluorenone hydrazone having a) least two fluorenone alkylsulfonylphenylhydrazone groups, b) at least two fluorenone pyrrolylhydrazone groups, c) at least two fluorenone benzotriazolylhydrazone groups, d) at least two fluorenone sulfolanylhydrazone groups, e) at least two fluorenone pyrazolylhydrazone groups, f) at least two fluorenone naphthylhydrazone groups, g) at least two fluorenone tetrazolylhydrazone groups, h) at least two fluorenone stilbenylhydrazone groups, or i) at least two fluorenone (9H-fluoren-9-ylidene)benzylhydrazone groups. Some of these fluoreneones may be represented by the formula where n is an integer between 2 and 6, inclusive; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; R2 is alkylsulfonylphenyl or one of its derivatives; X is a linking group having the formula —(CH2)m—, branched or linear.

Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptors comprise: (a) a charge transport compound having the formula where n is an integer from 0 to 1; X is an (N,N-disubstituted)arylamine group; Ar is an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; A is a first linking group with the formula —(CH2)p— which can be branched or linear, where p is an integer from 3 to 20 inclusive and where one or more methylene groups can be optionally replaced by O, S, a carbonyl group, urethane, urea, an ester group, a —NR21 group, a CHR22 group, or a CR23R24 group where R21, R22, R23 and R24 are, independently, H, hydroxyl, thiol, an amine group, an alkyl group, an alkaryl group, an aryl group, or part of a ring; and B is a second linking group having the formula -Q-Z-Q?-, where Q and Q? are, independently, O, S, or NR1; wherein when Q or Q? is NR1 or Q=O and Q?=S, Z comprises an aryl group, and wherein when Q=Q?=S or Q=Q?=O, Z comprises a multi-ring conjugated group or —Y—W—Y?— wherein Y and Y? comprise, independently, an aryl group and W comprises a C

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved organophotoreceptor that comprises an electrically conductive substrate; a photoconductive element comprising a charge generation compound and a salt of an electron transport compound. In some embodiments, the photoconductive element has a photoconductive layer with the charge generation compound and an overcoat layer with the salt of the electron transport compound in which the photoconductive layer is on the electrically conductive substrate and the overcoat layer is on the photoconductive layer.