Abstract: Photoconductive compositions comprising an organic photoconductive material, an activator capable of forming a charge transfer complex with the photoconductive material, and a protonic acid. Imaging members provided with an imaging layer prepared from the above composition are highly light sensitive, requiring only brief exposure times, and exhibit a photoinduced state of elevated conductivity which persists long after exposure to light is terminated. These compositions can be returned to their relatively insulative state by merely subjecting the imaging layer to heat in the dark, thereby erasing this photoinduced image pattern of elevated conductivity.

Abstract: Process for preparation of a solid phase dispersion of photoconductive materials in an insulating binder matrix from a film forming insulating polymeric resin and an organoselenium compound capable of undergoing selective decomposition in response to an appropriate stimulus; whereby, elemental selenium is extruded from said organo-selenium compound and deposited in the binder matrix. Because this extrusion/deposition of elemental selenium can be performed selectively, it is possible to prepare binder films having photoconductive image patterns which are suitable for use in range extended and conventional xerography.

Abstract: Process for preparation of a solid phase dispersion of photoconductive materials in an insulating binder matrix from a film forming insulating polymeric resin and an organo-selenium compound capable of undergoing selective decomposition in response to an appropriate stimulus; whereby, elemental selenium is extruded from said organo-selenium compound and deposited in the binder matrix. Because this extrusion/deposition of elemental selenium can be performed selectively, it is possible to prepare binder films having photoconductive image patterns which are suitable for use in range extended and conventional xerography.

Abstract: Process for preparation of a solid phase dispersion of photoconductive materials in an insulating binder matrix from a film forming insulating polymeric resin and an organoselenium compound capable of undergoing selective decomposition in response to an appropriate stimulus; whereby, elemental selenium is extruded from said organo-selenium compound and deposited in the binder matrix. Because this extrusion/deposition of elemental selenium can be performed selectively, it is possible to prepare binder films having photoconductive image patterns which are suitable for use in range extended and conventional xerography.

Abstract: Method for achieving free radical initiated copolymerization of an addition monomer having pendant therefrom a strong donor group with an addition monomer having pendant therefrom a strong acceptor group. Copolymers prepared according to this method can be represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl;R' is hydrogen or methyl;R" is hydrogen or methyl;R'" is alkyl of 1-10 carbon atoms;R'.sup.v is selected from the group consisting of --NO.sub.2, halogen, --CN and --CF.sub.3 ;X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, alkyl or 1-4 carbon atoms and phenyl;Z is oxygen or dicyanomethylene;a and b can range from 0-4; andn and m can range from about 5 to about 95 percent.The polymeric compositions prepared according to this method are suitable for use in electrophotography either alone as the primary photoresponsive entity or in combination with other photoconductive materials.

Abstract: Process for preparation of a solid phase dispersion of photoconductive materials in an insulating binder matrix from a film forming insulating polymeric resin and an organo-selenium compound capable of undergoing selective decomposition in response to an appropriate stimulus; whereby, elemental selenium is extruded from said organo-selenium compound and deposited in the binder matrix. Because this extrusion/deposition of elemental selenium can be performed selectively, it is possible to prepare binder films having photoconductive image patterns which are suitable for use in range extended and conventional xerography.

Abstract: Process for preparation of a solid phase dispersion of photoconductive materials in an insulating binder matrix from a film forming insulating polymeric resin and an organo-selenium compound capable of undergoing selective decomposition in response to an appropriate stimulus; whereby, elemental selenium is extruded from said organo-selenium compound and deposited in the binder matrix. Because this extrusion/deposition of elemental selenium can be performed selectively, it is possible to prepare binder films having photoconductive image patterns which are suitable for use in range extended and conventional xerography.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel overcoating material for electrostatographic photoreceptors. The composition comprises an organic, crosslinkable, polymeric composition having dispersed therein a particulate, wax-like, normally solid, low molecular weight tetrafluoroethylene telomer. Application of the composition to an electrostatographic photoreceptor to form a thin uniform layer results in improvement in copy quality and reduction in surface friction of the device. When the photoreceptor employs a selenium/arsenic alloy as the photoconductor, print deletions normally associated with the photoconductor are eliminated.

Abstract: Multi-layered electrophotographic imaging member having a composite photoconductive insulating film wherein one layer of said film comprises a photoconductive material capable of substantial spectral response in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and a second layer of an electronically active insulating polymeric material, contiguous with said photoconductive layer, which is transparent, capable of facile transport of electrons which are injected into it upon photoexcitation of the contiguous photoconductive layer and yet incapable of substantial spectral response within the wavelength of primary photoresponse of the contiguous photoconductive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition of matter characterized by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen, halogen substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are vinyl polymers of the above compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the measurement of the mass and/or charge of a charged particle. The method involves injecting the particle into a sampling device made up of a tube comprising a Faraday cage with a region of a grounded conductive material on either end of it. The particle flows through the tube in a stream of gas and as it passes through the Faraday cage it induces a charge on the cage wall. By measuring the magnitude of the induced charge or its duration in the cage, the magnitude of the charge on the particle or the mass of the particle can be determined.

Abstract: A method of selectively reinking an imaged master having residual ink on its image areas after transfer of an image to a receiving member, comprising interposing a screen between and in contact with said master and an inking member containing a viscous lithographic ink, the web of said screen coated with an ink releasing adhesive material having an adhesive release value when dry of less than about 100 grams per inch, and passing ink through the pores of said screen to only the imaged portions of said master.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition of matter characterized by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen, halogen or aliphatic groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are vinyl polymers of the above compounds.

Abstract: Method for achieving free radical initiated copolymerization of an addition monomer having pendant therefrom a strong donor group with an addition monomer having pendant therefrom a strong acceptor group. Copolymers prepared according to this method can be represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl;R' is hydrogen or methyl;R" is hydrogen or methyl;R'" is selected from the group consisting of --NO.sub.2, halogen, --CN and --CF.sub.3 ;X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, alkyl of 1 - 4 carbon atoms and phenyl;a and b can range from 0 - 4; andn and m can range from about 5 to about 95 percent.The polymeric compositions prepared according to this method are suitable for use in electrophotography either alone as the primary photoresponsive entity or in combination with other photoconductive materials.

Abstract: Photoconductive composition comprising an insulating polymeric matrix and a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or nitrile; and R', R" and R'" are independently selected from an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; phenyl; or substituted phenyl, said phenyl substituents being capable of releasing electrons to relatively electron deficient centers within the compound; amino; diarylamino; dialkylamino or alkoxy; and n can range from 0 up to the potential number of positions of substitution on the aromatic ring system.These compositions have good spectral response in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum and are suitable for use in electrostatographic imaging members and methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved electrostatographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate covered with an insulating photoconductive material having an organic overcoating on its surface. The overcoating material is a crosslinkable polymeric composition comprised of a first polymer which is the addition polymerization product of methyl methacrylate, n-butylacrylate and acrylic or methacrylic acid and a second polymer which is the addition polymerization product of styrene and maleic anhydride.

Abstract: A developer composition comprising (1) electroscopic toner particles (2) a friction-reducing material of a hardness less than said toner and having greater fricton-reducing characteristics than said toner material, and (3) a finely divided nonsmearable abrasive material of a hardness greater than said friction-reducing and toner materials. An imaging and development process utilizing the above-identified composition including the step of maintaining the buildup of friction-reducing material on an imaging surface in the submicron range without completely removing or preventing said buildup, by the combined action of a cleaning force wiping at least any residual developed image from at least a portion of said imaging surface.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions comprising the product of the addition polymerization of N-vinylcarbazole and at least one member selected from the group consisting of N-vinylphthalimide and the isostructural modifications thereof. Many of the above polymeric products are photoconductive and, thus, are suitable for use in electrophotography.

Abstract: An imaging method based upon visible light induced changes in a photochromic imaging layer containing a dispersion of at least one of the following compounds: ##SPC1##Where a, b, c and d are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, lower alkyl, phenyl, phenoxy, lower alkoxy, carboxy, hydroxyl, lower alkyl esters and aryl esters,In an organic film forming binder.

Abstract: Electrostatographic imaging method employing an imaging member provided with a photoconductive imaging layer containing an organic photoconductive material, an activator capable of forming a charge transfer complex with said material and a protonic acid sensitizer. The acid sensitization of the charge transfer complex in this imaging layer dramatically enhances the photosensitivity of this photoconductive composition and yet avoids the undesirable memory effects generally experienced in such materials when a photoconductive layer of these materials is imaged in accord with the method of this invention.