Abstract: There is disclosed a photoreceptor material reclaim method comprising: (a) centrifuging a first photoreceptor coating solution comprised of a liquid, a photoreceptor material, and impurities, resulting in a residue composition comprised of a lower density material including a portion of the photoreceptor material and a higher density material including a portion of the impurities and a supernatant composition; (b) drying the residue composition to remove a portion of the liquid in the residue composition; (c) grinding the dried residue composition; (d) separating the lower density material from the higher density material of the dried, ground residue composition; (e) forming a second photoreceptor coating solution comprised of the lower density material obtained by (d); and (f) depositing the second photoreceptor coating solution comprised of the lower density material on a substrate.

Abstract: A coated transport means comprised of a core with a coating comprised of charge transporting molecules and an oxidizing agent, or oxidizing agents dispersed in a binder.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aryl amine polycondensation polymers useful in electrophotographic imaging members, which process comprises the interfacial polymerization of an aryl amine diol dissolved in an alkaline aqueous phase with a bifunctional acid halide dissolved in an organic solvent, resulting in polymers with high molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution (M.sub.w /M.sub.n) of from between about 50,000 to about 350,000, and a M.sub.w /M.sub.n of from about 1 to about 4.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer having two or more charge transporting molecules having ionization potentials within 0.2 electron Volts of each other. This imaging member has stress characteristics that reduces curling, cracking and delamination from the substrate.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer comprising a charge transporting small molecule dissolved or molecularly dispersed in a film forming charge transporting polymer comprising charge transporting moieties in the backbone of the film forming charge transporting polymer, the charge transporting moieties having a structure unlike the structure of the charge transporting small molecule, the ionization potential of the charge transporting small molecule and the charge transporting moieties having a difference in ionization potential value of less than about 0.05 electron volt, the charge transporting small molecule and the charge transporting polymer being non-absorbing to radiation in the region of intended use, and the charge transport layer being substantially free of electrically inactive film forming binder. This imaging member may be employed in an electrophotographic imaging process.

Abstract: An apparatus for developing a latent image that contains a housing with a supply of a developer of carrier and toner and a coated toner donor member, which member is spaced from the surface on which a latent image Is being recorded. The apparatus also includes a means for advancing the developer material in the chamber of the housing and this means cooperates with the donor means and both means define a region wherein a substantially constant quantity of toner is deposited on the donor member. The apparatus further includes an electrode means positioned near the surface of a dielectric core roll and these electrodes are biased to detach toner from the donor member and to form a donor cloud for developing the latent image. The coated toner transport means can be comprised of a core with a coating of an oxidized polyether carbonate.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member comprising a substrate having an electrically conductive metal oxide surface, a hole blocking layer and at least one electrophotographic imaging layer, the hole blocking layer comprising a reaction product of(a) a material selected from the group consisting of a hydrolyzed organozirconium compound, a hydrolyzed organotitanium compound and mixtures thereof,(b) a hydroxyalkylcellulose,(c) a hydrolyzed organoaminosilane, and(d) the metal oxide surface.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member comprising a substrate, a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat layer comprising a small molecule hole transporting arylamine having at least two hydroxy functional groups, a hydroxy or multihydroxy triphenyl methane and a polyamide film forming binder capable of forming hydrogen bonds with the hydroxy functional groups the hydroxy arylamine and hydroxy or multihydroxy triphenyl methane. This overcoat layer may be fabricated using an alcohol solvent. This electrophotographic imaging member may be utilized in an electrophotographic imaging process.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composition containing a charge transfer complex of a TCNQ salt and a donor molecule is obtained by dissolving a charge transfer complex in a solvent having a relative evaporation rate of less than about 30, and evaporating the solvent so that the charge transfer complex forms a network of fibrils, dendrites or sphericulites. Polymers may also be included in the composition.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a support layer and at least one electrophotoconductive layer, the imaging member comprising a polyarylamine polymer represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: n is between about 5 and about 5,000p is between about 0 and about 5,000X' and X" are independently selected from a group having bifunctional linkages,Q is a divalent group derived from certain hydroxy terminated arylamine reactants, andQ' is a divalent group derived from a hydroxy terminated group.This imaging member is used in an electrophotographic imaging process.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer with charge transport molecules and as sensitizing additive or dopant a hydroxy derivative of the transport molecule.

Abstract: A thick organic ambipolar layer on a photoresponsive device is simultaneously capable of charge generation and charge transport. In particular, the organic photoresponsive layer contains an electron transport material such as a fluorenylidene malonitrile derivative and a hole transport material such as a dihydroxy tetraphenyl benzadine containing polymer. These may be complexed to provide photoresponsivity, and/or a photoresponsive pigment or dye may also be included.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transporting small molecule dissolved or molecularly dispersed in a film forming charge transporting polymer comprising charge transporting moieties in the backbone of the film forming charge transporting polymer, the charge transporting moieties having a structure substantially identical to the structure of the charge transporting small molecule, the charge transporting small molecule having an ionization potential substantially identical to the ionization potential of the polymer, and the charge transport layer being substantially free of electrically inactive film forming binder. This imaging member may be employed in an electrophotographic imaging process.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generating layer containing a dispersed oxytitanium phthalocyanine polymorph and a charge transport layer containing a film forming charge transporting polymer including charge transporting moieties in the backbone of the film forming charge transporting polymer, for example, polysilylenes and polyarylamine derivative. The charge transporting polymers may optionally be used as a binder in the charge generating layer. The imaging member may be employed in an electrophotographic imaging process, particularly in high sensitivity infrared photoreceptors which are compatible with liquid ink development processes.

Abstract: A coated toner transport roll containing a core with a coating thereover of transporting molecules dispersed in a binder and an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of ferric chloride and trifluoroacetic acid. These oxidizing agents can be selected in an amount of from about 1 to about 50 weight percent. Also, the coating possesses a relaxation time of from about 0.0099 millisecond to about 3.5 milliseconds, and a residual voltage of from about 1 to about 10 volts.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a charge generation layer and a hole transport layer, at least the charge generation layer or charge transport layer comprising a polyarylamine polymer represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: n is between about 5 and about 5,000p is between about 5 and about 5,000X' and X" are independently selected from a group having bifunctional linkages, andQ is a divalent group derived from certain hydroxy terminated arylamine reactants.

Abstract: A polyarylamine polymer represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: n is between about 5 and about 5,000p is between about 0 and about 5,000X' and X" are independently selected from a group having bifunctional linkages,Q is a divalent group derived from certain hydroxy terminated arylamine reactants, andQ' is a divalent group derived from a hydroxy terminated group.

Abstract: A polyarylamine polymer represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: n is between about 5 and about 5,000p is between about 5 and about 5,000X' and X" are independently selected from a group having bifunctional linkages, andQ is a divalent group derived from certain hydroxy terminated arylamine reactants.

Abstract: A polyarylamine polymer represented by formula ##STR1## wherein: n is between about 5 and about 5,000, or 0 if p>0,o is between about 0 and about 5,000, or is 0 if p>0 or n=0,p is between about 2 and about 100, or is 0 if n>0,X' and X" are indendently selected from a group having bifunctional linkages,Q is a divalent group derived from certain hydroxy terminated arylamine reactants,Q' is a divalent group derived from a hydroxy terminated polyarylamine containing the group defined for Q and having a weight average molecular weight between about 1000 and about 80,000and the weight average molecular weight of the polyarylamine polymer is between about 10,000 and about 1,000,000.

Abstract: Materials and a process for producing the materials are useful in electrophotographic imaging members. The materials are produced through a sol-gel process wherein a hybrid material, which may be obtained through hydrolysis and condensation, includes an inorganic glassy network, a flexible organic subunit and a functional subunit. The latter two subunits may be unitary. The materials can be easily coated for fabricating electrophotographic imaging members and the like.