Abstract: An acoustic device is provided, including a housing, and a sound source disposed in the housing, where the housing is provided with a sound outlet hole and a reverse-phase sound hole in different surfaces of the housing, and sounds emitted from the sound outlet hole and from the reverse-phase sound hole are opposite in phase and identical in amplitude; a first sound cavity is formed between a front end of the sound source and the sound outlet hole, and a second sound cavity is formed between a rear end of the sound source and the reverse-phase sound hole; and the first sound cavity is communicated with the second sound cavity through an acoustic dipole tube.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a resin substrate including a carbon nanotube; and a photosensitive layer located overlying the substrate. In addition, a method for producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The method includes forming a resin substrate by molding a resin forming material including a carbon nanotube; and forming a photosensitive layer overlying the resin substrate.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, a charge generation layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a hole transport layer located on the charge generation layer, and a hole transport protective layer located on the hole transport layer. The hole transport protective layer includes a three-dimensionally crosslinked material obtained by irradiating a composition including at least a radically polymerizable hole transport compound with ultraviolet rays or electron beams so that the radically polymerizable hole transport compound causes chain polymerization. In addition, the protective layer includes a specific cyano-containing styryl aromatic compound or a specific cyano-containing distyryl aromatic compound.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electroconductive substrate; a photoconductive layer; and a surface layer, the photoconductive layer and the surface layer being laid over the electroconductive substrate, wherein the surface layer is a crosslinked layer which is cured by irradiating with light energy a composition containing a radical polymerizable monomer having no charge transporting structure, a radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure and a photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure has a ratio Ae/As of 0.7 or higher where Ae denotes absorbance at an absorption peak wavelength ? after the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure is irradiated with light energy and As denotes absorbance at an absorption peak wavelength ? before the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure is irradiated with light energy.

Abstract: A furan derivative represented by the following General Formula (1): where Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an aryl group which may have a substituent, and R1 represents a C1-C6 alkylene group.

Abstract: To provide: a latent electrostatic image bearing member including one of a cured material obtained through radical polymerization of a radically polymerizable compound of component (A1), and a cured material obtained through radical polymerization of a radically polymerizable compound of component (A2) in the outermost layer, wherein the component (A1) includes two radically polymerizable groups and a substituted amino group which does not include a radically polymerizable group in a molecule, and the radically polymerizable group and the nearest substituted amino group which does not include an unsaturated bond in between are connected with two or more aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, and, the radically polymerizable compound of component (A2) includes a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formed by bonding a radically polymerizable group and a non-radically polymerizable substituted amine group through a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group; and an image forming apparatus, image forming meth

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a resin substrate including a carbon nanotube; and a photosensitive layer located overlying the substrate. In addition, a method for producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The method includes forming a resin substrate by molding a resin forming material including a carbon nanotube; and forming a photosensitive layer overlying the resin substrate.

Abstract: An image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a furan derivative represented by the following chemical structure 1, where Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent substituted or non-substituted aryl groups and R1 represents an alkylene group having one to six carbon atoms.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including a conductive support, a charge generating layer, a hole transporting layer, and a hole transporting-protective layer, these layers being laminated in this order on the conductive support, wherein the hole transporting-protective layer contains a three-dimensionally crosslinked product which is obtained through chain polymerization of at least a radical polymerizable hole-transporting compound by irradiating the radical polymerizable hole-transporting compound with an active energy beam, and wherein the hole transporting-protective layer contains an oxazole compound represented by General Formula (1) or (2) below:

Abstract: A furan derivative represented by the following General Formula (1): where Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an aryl group which may have a substituent, and R1 represents a C1-C6 alkylene group.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an outermost layer, wherein the outermost layer comprises an amino group-containing acryl-modified polyorganosiloxane, wherein the amino group-containing acryl-modified polyorganosiloxane is a copolymer in which a polyorganosiloxane represented by the following structural formula (1) and an acrylic monomer are graft-polymerized

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, a charge generation layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a hole transport layer located on the charge generation layer, and a hole transport protective layer located on the hole transport layer. The hole transport protective layer includes a three-dimensionally crosslinked material obtained by irradiating a composition including at least a radically polymerizable hole transport compound with ultraviolet rays or electron beams so that the radically polymerizable hole transport compound causes chain polymerization. In addition, the protective layer includes a specific cyano-containing styryl aromatic compound or a specific cyano-containing distyryl aromatic compound.

Abstract: An image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a furan derivative represented by the following chemical structure 1, where Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent substituted or non-substituted aryl groups and R1 represents an alkylene group having one to six carbon atoms.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including an electroconductive substrate; a charge generation layer; a hole transport layer; and a hole transportable protection layer being a three-dimensional crosslinked film formed by irradiating at least a radical polymerizable hole transportable compound with UV to be chain-polymerized, layered in this order, wherein the hole transportable protection layer comprises a silole compound having the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a monovalent phenyl group; Each of Ar1 to Ar4 represents a phenyl group, a naphtyl group and a biphenylyl group or a phenyl group, a naphtyl group and a biphenylyl group substituted with a monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and a trifluoromethyl group; and R1, R2 and Ar1 to Ar4 adjacent to each other optionally connect with each other to form rings.

Abstract: To provide: a latent electrostatic image bearing member including one of a cured material obtained through radical polymerization of a radically polymerizable compound of component (A1), and a cured material obtained through radical polymerization of a radically polymerizable compound of component (A2) in the outermost layer, wherein the component (A1) includes two radically polymerizable groups and a substituted amino group which does not include a radically polymerizable group in a molecule, and the radically polymerizable group and the nearest substituted amino group which does not include an unsaturated bond in between are connected with two or more aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, and, the radically polymerizable compound of component (A2) includes a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formed by bonding a radically polymerizable group and a non-radically polymerizable substituted amine group through a condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group; and an image forming apparatus, image forming meth

Abstract: A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, the photosensitive layer including a cross-linking surface layer including a cross-linked copolymer of a radical polymerizable monomer (I) having at least three functional groups without a charge transport structure and a radical polymerizable monomer (II) having a charge transport structure, and a polysiloxane-acryl block copolymer having a charge transport property.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided, including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a resin including a graft copolymer in which a monomer having a polar group is graft polymerized to a polycarbonate resin, a polyarylate resin, or a copolymer thereof, and a filler; along with an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the electrophotographic photoreceptor.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor having a layer of a crosslinked resin obtained by reacting an epoxy group-containing amine compound having a charge transferability-imparting group with at least one silicon compound selected from an epoxy ring-free alkoxysilane compound, an epoxy ring-free silanol compound, an epoxy ring-containing alkoxysilane compound and an epoxy ring-containing silanol compound.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid material, including a charge transportable organic polymer and a metal oxide.

Abstract: A photoconductor comprising a photosensitive layer disposed on a support, wherein the photosensitive layer has a crosslinked layer and the crosslinked layer is produced by curing a dispersion in which at least one of an acryl-modified polyoraganosiloxane having a radical reactivity and an acryl-modified polyoraganosiloxane having an amine structure is dispersed in a radical polymerizable monomer.