Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing resin particle dispersion including: fluorine-containing resin particles, a resin which is not dissolved in at least one solvent in a group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents including an alcohol-based solvent having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, containing no aromatic ring in the molecule structure, and a water-based medium, and which is adhered on the surface of the fluorine-containing resin particles, and at least one solvent, in which the resin is not dissolved, in the group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents, in which the fluorine-containing resin particles having the resin adhered on the surface thereof are dispersed.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing resin particle dispersion including: fluorine-containing resin particles, a resin which is not dissolved in at least one solvent in a group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents including an alcohol-based solvent having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, containing no aromatic ring in the molecule structure, and a water-based medium, and which is adhered on the surface of the fluorine-containing resin particles, and at least one solvent, in which the resin is not dissolved, in the group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents, in which the fluorine-containing resin particles having the resin adhered on the surface thereof are dispersed.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing resin particle dispersion including: fluorine-containing resin particles, a resin which is not dissolved in at least one solvent in a group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents including an alcohol-based solvent having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, containing no aromatic ring in the molecule structure, and a water-based medium, and which is adhered on the surface of the fluorine-containing resin particles, and at least one solvent, in which the resin is not dissolved, in the group of hydroxyl group-containing solvents, in which the fluorine-containing resin particles having the resin adhered on the surface thereof are dispersed.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin containing an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a ratio of the crystalline polyester resin to a total of the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin is from 12% to 40% by weight, and the toner satisfies the following equations (1) and (2), 30° C.?T1?45° C.??(1) 1.0×108 Pa?G?(X)?5.0×108 Pa??(2) wherein T1 represents a temperature at which a storage elastic modulus G? is 1.0×108 Pa, G?(X) represents a storage elastic modulus G?(B) at a temperature X?° C., and X?° C. represents a temperature at which a ratio of a storage elastic modulus G?(B) to a storage elastic modulus G?(A) has a maximum value.

Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: an electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging unit; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed at the electrophotographic photoreceptor by a developer to form a toner image, the developing unit storing the developer containing a toner having toner particles containing a crystalline resin and having a shape factor SF1 of from 100 to 150, a volume average particle diameter of from 3 to 6 ?m, and fluorocarbon-based resin particles as an external additive; a transfer unit; and a cleaning unit that cleans the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a blade containing urethane rubber, the blade disposed applying a pressure to the electrophotographic photoreceptor surface of 0.20 mN/mm or more.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, in which an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is made of a cured film of a composition including a compound represented by the following Formula (M1) and a charge transporting material having a chain polymerizable functional group:

Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor including the outermost surface layer formed from a cured film of a composition containing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule and a chain transfer agent having a sulfur atom in a molecule, in which the reaction rate of the compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule is about 90% to about 100% and the charge mobility of the cured film at an electric field intensity of 1.0×105 v/cm is from about 5.0×10?7 cm2/Vs to about 1.0×10?4 cm2/Vs.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and an outermost surface layer on the conductive substrate. The outermost surface layer contains a copolymer (a) derived from a reactive monomer having charge transport property and a reactive monomer having no charge transport property, and a polymer prepared by polymerizing, in the presence of the copolymer (a), a reactive monomer (b) that has a solubility parameter (SP value) different from a solubility parameter (SP value) of the reactive monomer having no charge transport property by about 2 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a thiol group-containing charge transporting material represented by the following general formula (1): F-[(G)a1-(X)a2—Y—SH]b??(1) wherein F represents an organic group derived from a charge transporting compound, G represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, X represents a group selected from a —CO—O— group, an —O—CO— group, and an —O— group, Y represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a1 and a2 each independently represent 0 or 1, and b represents an integer of 1 or more and 6 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a substrate and an outermost layer containing a cured film of a composition containing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transporting skeleton in the same molecule, and at least one chain transfer agent selected from a compound having 4 or more primary thiol groups and a compound having 2 or more secondary thiol groups.

Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.

Abstract: A charge-transporting film includes a polymer of a compound represented by Formula (I): (Ra)n-Fa-Xa-Fa?-(Ra?)n???(I) wherein Fa and Fa? independently represent a charge-transporting sub-unit including an aromatic ring, Ra and Ra? independently represent a —CH?CH2 directly bonded to the aromatic ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit or a group represented by Formula (a), Xa represents an alkylene group or a bivalent group in which an alkylene group and a group selected from —O—, —S—, and ester are combined, n and n? independently represent an integer of 0 or more (wherein n and n? are not simultaneously 0), and L represents a linking group which is represented by *—(CH2)n?—O—CH2— and which is bonded to the aromatic ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit, wherein n? is 1 or 2 and the linking group is bonded to the aromatic, ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit with *.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor has at least an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on or above the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the photoreceptor is a cured membrane of a composition containing at least one compound (a) having in a single molecule thereof a charge transporting skeleton and a chain polymerizable functional group, and at least one thermopolymerizable or photopolymerizable silicone polymeric radical polymerization initiator (b).

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: a functional layer containing: a polymer of a first compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transporting skeleton in one molecule, and at least one second compound selected from a compound including at least one kind of the repeating unit represented by formula (AA) and having a weight average molecular weight of 10000 or less, a compound including at least one kind of the repeating unit represented by formula (BB) and having a weight average molecular weight of 10000 or less, a phthalic ester, a trimellitic ester, a fatty acid ester, a polyhydric alcohol ester, and a polyhydric alcohol ether.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and an outermost surface layer formed on the conductive substrate and containing a binder resin and a copolymer derived from a reactive monomer having charge transport property and a reactive monomer having no charge transport property, the copolymer having a side chain with 4 or more carbon atoms in a constitutional unit derived from the reactive monomer having no charge transport property.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor including at least an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on or above the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is a layer composed of a cured film of a composition including at least one of compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group and a charge-transportable backbone in the molecule thereof, a polymerization initiator and a radical deactivator.

Abstract: Provided is to provide a photoelectric conversion device including an organic compound layer which contains polymer (a) having partial structures represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) respectively. In the formula, R1, R2, R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X and Y each independently represent a divalent organic group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a represents 0 or 1, and CT represents an organic group having a charge transportable skeleton.

Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.