Abstract: Provided are a binder resin composition for toner excellent in low-temperature fusing property, storage stability and durability, a toner for developing electrostatic images that contains the binder resin composition for toner, and a method for producing the binder resin composition for toner. The binder resin composition for toner contains a resin composition (C-P) prepared by condensing an acid group-having crystalline resin (C) and a polyalkyleneimine, and an amorphous resin (A).

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner matrix particles containing at least a binder resin, wherein a photosensitizer having a singlet oxygen generating ability is contained inside the toner matrix particles or in an external additive attached to the toner matrix particles.

Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 305 nm. The specific external additive particles include antimony-doped tin oxide particles or indium tin oxide particles. A ratio (MSb/(MSn+MSb)) of a mass (MSb) of an antimony atom to a total of the mass (MSb) of the antimony atom and a mass (MSn) of a tin atom in the antimony-doped tin oxide particles is at least 0.04 and no greater than 0.46.

Abstract: A pale-color toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 305 nm. The specific external additive particles include antimony-doped tin oxide particles. A ratio (MSb/(MSn+MSb)) of a mass (MSb) of an antimony atom to a total of the mass (MSb) of the antimony atom and a mass (MSn) of a tin atom in the antimony-doped tin oxide particles is at least 0.04 and no greater than 0.31.

Abstract: Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate, a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate, a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers, and an absorber on the capping layer. The absorber comprises a first layer selected from the group consisting of Mo, Nb, V, alloys of Mo, Nb and V, oxides of Mo, oxides of Nb, oxides of V, nitrides of Mo, nitrides of Nb and nitrides of V and a second layer selected from the group consisting of TaSb, CSb, SbN, TaNi, TaCu and TaRu.

Abstract: A toner set includes a plurality of toners, wherein the toner set includes a first toner containing a yellow colorant and a second toner containing a cyan colorant, the first toner and the second toner each contain a binder resin containing a vinyl-based resin and a crystalline resin, and a release agent containing a hydrocarbon wax, a content of the vinyl-based resin with respect to a total mass of the binder resin is 50% by mass or more, the first toner contains the crystalline resin having a moiety having a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent moiety having a crystal nucleating agent, and the second toner contains the cyan colorant that is a compound represented by general formula (1).

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes: a conductive substrate; and a single-layer-type photoconductive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, contains a binder resin, a charge generating material, a hole transporting material, and an electron transporting material, and has an index A represented by the following equation (1) in a range of ?7.98 or more and ?7.28 or less, Equation (1): A=(0.057×M)?(0.002×F)?(0.252×?), in which, in the equation (1), M represents a Martens hardness of the single-layer-type photoconductive layer, F represents a Young's modulus of the single-layer-type photoconductive layer, and ? represents an elastic deformation ratio of the single-layer-type photoconductive layer.

Abstract: A mask includes a first light-transmitting portion. The first light-transmitting portion includes a target region and at least one compensation region connected to the target region. A planar pattern of the target region includes a plurality of corners, and a planar pattern of each compensation region extends from one of the plurality of corners. An area of the planar pattern of each compensation region is less than an area of the planar pattern of the target region.

Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a resin component and a wax; and an inorganic fine particle on the surface of the toner particle, wherein, in a cross section of the toner particle, domains containing the wax are observed, and when among the domains, domains having a major diameter of 10-300 nm are defined as domains S, an occupation area percentage of which a ratio of a total sum of areas occupied by the domains S in a region from a surface of the toner particle to a depth of 600 nm in the cross section with respect to an area of the region, is 3.0-15.0%, and wherein the inorganic fine particle contains a fine particle A having a volume resistivity of 1.0×103 to 3.0×105 ?·cm, and having a relative permittivity ?r of 100 or more.

Abstract: A cyan toner is provided. The cyan toner comprises toner particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant. From 1.0% to 20.0% by number of the toner particles have a CH rate of 7.0% or more in absolute value. The CH rate is calculated from the following formula (1): CH rate (%)=[(In?Iave)/Iave]×100??Formula (1) where, in a Raman spectrum of each toner particle, In represents an integrated intensity within a wavenumber region of from 2,600 to 3,180 cm?1 when an intensity at a wavenumber ? within a wavenumber region of from 2,600 to 2,800 cm?1 is s normalized to 1, where a total intensity of all the toner particles is maximum at the wavenumber ?; and Iave represents an average of the In.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner, including aggregating and coalescing resin particles and colorant particles in an aqueous medium. The resin particles contain, in the same or different particles, an amorphous polyester-based resin which is a polycondensate of an alcohol component containing an aromatic alcohol and a carboxylic acid component, and a crystalline polyester resin. The colorant particles contain a colorant and an addition polymer of a raw material monomer containing an addition-polymerizing monomer having an aromatic group. A ratio by mass of the colorant to the addition polymer in the colorant particles is 50/50 or more and 95/5 or less.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a tungsten oxide particle, and the tungsten oxide particle contains a tungsten atom, an oxygen atom, and a cesium atom.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle and an external additive, wherein the external additive comprises a composite particle comprising an organosilicon polymer fine particle covering a surface of an alumina particle, a coverage ratio of the surface of the alumina particle with the organosilicon polymer fine particle is 1 to 50 area %, and given A (nm) as a number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the organosilicon polymer fine particle and B (nm) as a number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the alumina particle, following formulae (I) and (II) are satisfied: A?90??(I) 100?B?1000??(II).

Abstract: A carrier includes carrier particles. Each of the carrier particles includes a carrier core and a coating layer covering the surface of the carrier core. The coating layer contains a silicone resin and conductive particles. Each of the conductive particles includes a transparent conductive substrate composed of a transparent conductive material and a film covering a surface of the transparent conductive substrate. The film contains silica.

Abstract: Provided is a toner characterized by including at least a negatively-charged toner master particle, and an external additive externally added onto the surface of the toner master particle, wherein the external additive includes a fine powder and a small particle size silica having an average first particle diameter smaller than that of the fine powder, and wherein the fine powder is a composition containing at least aluminum hydroxide and silica and has a surface treated with silane.

Abstract: A toner has a toner particle containing a binder resin having a first resin and a second resin. The first resin is a crystalline resin, the second resin is an amorphous resin, and the first resin has a first monomer unit, a second monomer unit and a third monomer unit, each having a specific structure. A content of the first monomer unit a content of the third monomer unit in the first resin, and an SP value of the second monomer unit all satisfy a specific ranges, and the second resin contains at least one vinyl-based resin and/or specific hybrid resin, with a cross section of the toner having a domain-matrix structure formed of a matrix including the first resin and domains including the second resin, a number average diameter of the domains being 0.10 to 2.00 ?m.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a core particle comprising a binder resin and a wax, and a shell formed on a surface of the core particle, wherein the wax comprises a wax A, the shell comprises a resin comprising a functional group B, the wax A has a surface charge density DA of ?0.0080 to ?0.0025, and an absolute difference |DA?DB| between the surface charge density DA of the wax A and a surface charge density DB of the functional group B is not more than 0.0025.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline resin, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous resin, when the toner is measured with a temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimeter, at least one endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin is present in a temperature range from 55.0° C. to 95.0° C. in a total heat flow; and a ratio of an endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in a reversing heat flow to an endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the total heat flow is 50.0% or more, a glass transition temperature Tg1st obtained in the reversing heat flow in a first temperature rise and a glass transition temperature Tg2nd obtained in a reversing heat flow in a second temperature rise satisfy Tg1st?Tg2nd?7.0° C.

Abstract: An image forming method comprising a fixing step of fixing a toner image to a recording material while nipping and conveying the recording material, on which the toner image has been formed, by a fixing nip portion, wherein the toner comprises a toner particle comprising a toner base particle and an organosilicon polymer on a surface thereof, the organosilicon polymer has a structure represented by R—SiO3/2, where R is an C1 to C6 alkyl group or a phenyl group, the organosilicon polymer has convex portions formed on an outer surface thereof, and the convex portions satisfy specific relationships, and a contact pressure ? (MPa) of the pressure member and the fixing film and a storage elastic modulus G (MPa) of the toner at a temperature of a surface of the fixing film when the recording material is nipped and conveyed by the fixing nip portion satisfy specific relationships.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a Net intensity NNa of a Na element and a Net intensity NCl of a Cl element, the Net intensities NNa and NCl being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 2.5?NCl/NNa?260.0.