Abstract: A method for producing a toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; terminating growth of the aggregated particles by adding an alkaline aqueous solution to a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to increase a pH of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles; and fusing and coalescing the aggregated particles into toner particles by heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles. Terminating the growth of the aggregated particles includes, while stirring the dispersion containing the aggregated particles, stepwise or continuously reducing a stirring power per unit volume.

Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first wiring layer; a first insulating film; and a second insulating film. The first wiring layer includes a plurality of first wiring lines that extends in one direction. The plurality of first wiring lines each has a notch at at least one of ends of one surface in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction. The first insulating film covers a surface of the first wiring layer. The second insulating film is stacked on the first insulating film. The second insulating film forms a gap between the plurality of adjacent first wiring lines.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin. In a differential scanning calorimetry curve of the toner particles, Tg1 is 58° C. or more and 68° C. or less, and Tg1?Tg2 is 20° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where Tg1 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a first temperature increase, and Tg2 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a second temperature increase.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and a cross-sectional image of the toner particles meets requirements (1) and (2): requirement (1), an average of ten or more domains, per toner particle, of the release agent have an area of 0.5% or more and 5.0% or less of the area of the toner particle; requirement (2), in a Voronoi tessellation generated from the centroids of the domains of the coloring agent, the mean area of the Voronoi cells is 0.020 ?m2 or more and 0.060 ?m2 or less, and the standard deviation of the areas of the Voronoi cells is 0.010 ?m2 or less.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin. In a differential scanning calorimetry curve of the toner particles, Tg1 is 58° C. or more and 68° C. or less, and Tg1?Tg2 is 20° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where Tg1 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a first temperature increase, and Tg2 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a second temperature increase.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and a cross-sectional image of the toner particles meets requirements (1) and (2): requirement (1), an average of ten or more domains, per toner particle, of the release agent have an area of 0.5% or more and 5.0% or less of the area of the toner particle; requirement (2), in a Voronoi tessellation generated from the centroids of the domains of the coloring agent, the mean area of the Voronoi cells is 0.020 ?m2 or more and 0.060 ?m2 or less, and the standard deviation of the areas of the Voronoi cells is 0.010 ?m2 or less.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, and the following requirement (1) is satisfied in cross section observation of the toner particle: requirement (1): the number of a releasing agent domain having a long diameter of 500 nm or more and 1,000 nm or less is 7 or more on average per toner particle.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: aggregating at least resin particles contained in a dispersion by using an aluminum aggregating agent to form aggregated particles; heating and fusing the aggregated particles to form fused particles; cooling a dispersion containing the fused particles to obtain a toner particle dispersion; and adjusting a pH of the toner particle dispersion to 8 or more and 11 or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion to form aggregated particles; heating and fusing the aggregated particles to prepare a dispersion containing fused particles; and cooling the dispersion containing the fused particles to a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature 30° C. lower than an endothermic peak onset temperature derived from a releasing agent that constitutes the releasing agent particles, in which, in the cooling, the dispersion is cooled at a rate of 30° C./min or more and 130° C./min or less.

Abstract: A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: mixing an amorphous resin particle dispersion containing amorphous resin particles and a crystalline resin particle dispersion containing crystalline resin particles to prepare a mixed dispersion containing the amorphous resin particles and the crystalline resin particles; aggregating the amorphous resin particles and the crystalline resin particles in the mixed dispersion to form aggregated particles; and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to form toner particles, in which both a zeta potential of the amorphous resin particle dispersion and a zeta potential of the crystalline resin particle dispersion are negative values, and an absolute value of the zeta potential of the crystalline resin particle dispersion is smaller than an absolute value of the zeta potential of the amorphous resin particle dispersion.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes aggregating at least resin particles contained in a dispersion to form aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the aggregated particles to form fused particles, in which, in the aggregating, aggregation is performed by taking out a portion of the dispersion containing the resin particles mixed in a stirring vessel, adding an aggregating agent aqueous solution thereto, passing the resulting mixture through a dispersing machine, and then returning the resulting mixture to the stirring vessel so as to circulate the dispersion, and when adding the aggregating agent aqueous solution, an aqueous solution containing an aggregating agent at a concentration of 0.1 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less is added at a flow rate q (L/min) such that a ratio of this flow rate q (L/min) to a flow rate Q (L/min) of the mixture returning from the dispersing machine to the stirring vessel is 0.01 or more and 0.1 or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: mixing at least one flocculant into a liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles by adding the flocculant into the liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles while circulating the liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles between a stirring vessel and a disperser that applies a mechanical shear force; forming aggregated particles by heating the liquid dispersion with the flocculant therein after reducing the viscosity of the liquid dispersion; and forming toner particles by heating the liquid dispersion containing the aggregated particles and thereby making the aggregated particles fuse and coalesce.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: performing first aggregation that involves aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion to prepare a dispersion A containing first aggregated particles; performing second aggregation that involves adding a dispersion B containing shell resin particles to the dispersion A and aggregating the shell resin particles to form second aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the second aggregated particles to form fused particles. A total of 40 mmol or more and 190 mmol or less of a basic compound is added, per kilogram of toner particles to be obtained, from a time aggregation starts to terminate in the second aggregation to a time a temperature is elevated to a fusion temperature in the heating and fusing.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: performing first aggregation by aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion so as to prepare a dispersion A containing first aggregated particles; performing second aggregation by adding a dispersion B containing shell resin particles to the dispersion A and aggregating the shell resin particles to form second aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the second aggregated particles so as to form fused particles. Here, pH(A) and pH(B) satisfy pH(A)<pH(B), where pH(A) and pH(B) respectively represent a pH of the dispersion A and a pH of the dispersion B in the second aggregation.

Abstract: A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating at least binder resin particles and release agent particles contained in a dispersion to form aggregated particles; heating and coalescing the aggregated particles to form coalesced particles; and filtering and cleaning the coalesced particles to obtain toner particles, in which before the aggregating or during the aggregating, a polymer dispersant is added to the dispersion in an amount of 0.01% by weight or more and 1.3% by weight or less with respect to a total weight of the obtained toner particles.

Abstract: A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to form toner particles, in which the coalescing includes heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles to 80° C. or higher so that a temperature of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles reaches 80° C., and then adding an acid and a surfactant to the dispersion containing the aggregated particles.

Abstract: A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to form toner particles, in which the aggregating includes adding a divalent or higher valent metal salt compound to the dispersion containing the binder resin particles, and the preparing method satisfies the following Requirement (1), Requirement (1): a ratio M/S of a total metal ion amount M (mol) generated from the divalent or higher valent metal salt compound to a total surface area S (m2) of the binder resin particles at a start of the aggregating is 1.5×1010 or more and 2.5×1013 or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; terminating growth of the aggregated particles by adding an alkaline aqueous solution to a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to increase a pH of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles; and fusing and coalescing the aggregated particles into toner particles by heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles. Terminating the growth of the aggregated particles includes, while stirring the dispersion containing the aggregated particles, stepwise or continuously reducing a stirring power per unit volume.

Abstract: A method for realization of samples of random numbers distributed on temporal and spatial lattice points is described. The method may include using samples obtained by integrating a temporal and spatial white noise over the temporally smallest unit and over the spatial unit of volume, with the distribution of samples. The method may ensure small correlations to neighboring samples in temporal as well as spatial directions.

Abstract: A technique for presenting text information to service users with enhanced visual effects so that the text information makes a strong impression on the users. A video creation server includes an acquisition section configured to acquire material data including one or both of text data and a still image, and a control section configured to acquire a script code editable by a user and to create moving-image data having the material data embedded into each frame of previously defined moving-image data such that the material data moves within the previously defined moving-image data in accordance with the script code.