Abstract: The invention provides semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions comprising: an insulating polymeric resin; a first antistatic particulate material having a relatively low threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the first antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 50-150% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration; and a second antistatic particulate material having a relatively higher threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the second antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 1-110% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration. The invention enables forming semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions having volume resistivity easily controllable within the range of from about 104 ohm-cm to about 1011 ohm-cm. The invention further provides castable semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions wherein the insulating polymeric resin is formed from castable compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrophotographic element that comprises: an electrically conducting layer, a charge generating layer overlying the electrically conducting layer, and a charge transport layer overlying the electrically conducting layer. The charge transport layer, which can be an overcoat overlying the charge generating layer, includes the reaction product in an aqueous medium of a mixture comprising a silsesquioxane polymer and a amine-free surface treated zinc antimonate and an acid scavenger.

Abstract: A method and a composition for the production of surface smoothing polyurethane layers for application to a substrate prior to subsequent application of a charge generation layer for electrophotographic applications by preparing a coating solution containing a dialkyl malonate capped isocyanate or polyisocyanate, a polyol and at least one finely-divided metal oxide, coating the substrate with the coating solution and heating the coating solution to a temperature up to about 140° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic p-type semiconductor pigment with a p-type conducting polymer, wherein the ionization potentials of the organic p-type semiconductor pigment and the p-type conducting polymer are nominally equivalent and a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic n-type semiconductor pigment with an n-type conducting polymer, wherein the electron affinities of the organic semiconductor pigment and the conducting polymer are nominally equivalent. The present invention also relates to a p/n heterojunction utilizing the photosensitive organic semiconductor compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions comprising: an insulating polymeric resin; a first antistatic particulate material having a relatively low threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the first antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 50-150% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration; and a second antistatic particulate material having a relatively higher threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the second antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 1-110% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration. The invention enables forming semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions having volume resistivity easily controllable within the range of from about 104 ohm-cm to about 1011 ohm-cm. The invention further provides castable semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions wherein the insulating polymeric resin is formed from castable compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is a photoconductive element that includes an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer disposed over said electrically conductive support, and disposed over said barrier layer, a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation. The barrier layer includes a monomeric glass mixture incorporating tetracarbonylbisimide groups.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrostatographic core shell toner which includes as a core material of at least two nonpolymeric compounds each independently corresponding to the structure (R1Y1)p[(Z1Y2)mR2Y3]nZ2Y4R3. M is zero or one, n is zero up to an integer at which said compound starts to become a polymer and p is an integer of from one to eight. Each of R1 and R3 is independently a monovalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group an aromatic group or a multicyclic aromatic nucleus. Each of R2, Z1 and Z2 independently represent multivalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon groups or an aromatic group. Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 each independently represent one or more linking groups. The core material is surrounded by a shell that includes an amorphous matrix.

Abstract: The present invention is a photoconductive element containing an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer disposed over said electrically conductive support and a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation disposed over the barrier layer. The barrier layer is formed from a blocked polyisocyanate containing tetracarbonylbisimide groups. The present invention also discloses a new composition of a blocked polyisocyanate containing tetracarbonylbisimide groups.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrophotographic elements containing a layer formed from coating compositions containing a mixture of polymeric binders, including a polyvinyl butyral and a polyester ionomer and a crystalline mixture of unsubstituted titanyl phthalocyanine pigment, titanyl phthalocyanine pigments or mixtures thereof dispersed in the mixture. More particularly the invention relates to electrophotographic elements containing photoconductive layers which are especially useful for forming a photoconductive layer that is very uniform and highly absorptive at relatively thin coverage with good inter layer adhesion. The electrophotographic elements produced using this coating composition are particularly suited for high quality applications such as providing copy images with very low grain.

Abstract: A method for controlling the thickness and uniformity of a dip coated layer, using a coating apparatus under conditions of controlled temperature and controlled low humidity, includes the following steps: under normal coating conditions of ambient temperature and relative humidity, forming on a metal substrate having a thickness of at least about 500 microns a series of coated layers using variations in coating solution viscosity m, coating substrate withdrawal speed v, capillary number Ca, coating solution surface tension S, and boiling point bp (a correlative of evaporation rate) of the coating solution solvent, a coated layer including at least a portion of uniform thickness T(even) and, optionally, a portion of non-uniform thickness L(uneven); statistically analyzing measurements carried out on the series of coated layers and generating the constants, a, b, c, d, and e for Equations 2, 3, and 4: T(even)=a+b(m*v) ??(Equation 2) L(uneven)=c+d*(v*bp)+e*(Ca*bp) ??(Equation 3) v(even)=?c/bp*(d+e*m/S) ??(Equ

Abstract: A method for controlling the thickness and uniformity of a dip coated layer, using a coating apparatus in a normal coating environment, includes the following steps: forming under normal coating conditions of ambient temperature and relative humidity a series of coated layers on a metal substrate having a thickness of at least about 500 microns, using variations in coating solution viscosity m, coating substrate withdrawal speed v, capillary number Ca, coating solution surface tension S, and boiling point bp (a correlative of evaporation rate)of the coating solution solvent, a coated layer including at least a portion of uniform thickness T(even) and, optionally, a portion of non-uniform thickness L (uneven); statistically analyzing measurements carried out on the series of coated layers and generating the constants, a, b, c, d, and e for Equations 2, 3, and 4: T(even)=a+b(m*v) ??(Equation 2) L(uneven)=c+d*(v*bp)+e*(Ca*bp) ??(Equation 3) v(even)=?c/bp*(d+e*m/S) ??(Equation 4) using Equation 4, determining

Abstract: The present invention relates to photoconductive elements having an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer and, disposed over the barrier layer, a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation. The electrical barrier layer, which restrains injection of positive charge carriers from the conductive support, comprises a crosslinker, a crosslinkable condensation polymer having as a repeating unit a planar, electron-deficient, tetracarbonylbisimide group.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrophotographic element that comprises: an electrically conducting layer, a charge generating layer overlying the electrically conducting layer, and a charge transport layer overlying the electrically conducting layer. The charge transport layer, which can be an overcoat overlying the charge generating layer, includes the reaction product in an aqueous medium of a mixture comprising a silsesquioxane polymer and a amine-free surface treated zinc antimonate and an acid scavenger.

Abstract: The present invention is a photoconductive element that includes an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer disposed over said electrically conductive support, and disposed over said barrier layer, a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation. The barrier layer includes a vinyl polymer with aromatic tetracarbonylbisimide side groups and crosslinking sites.

Abstract: The present invention is a photoconductive element that includes an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer disposed over said electrically conductive support, and disposed over said barrier layer, a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation. The barrier layer includes a monomeric glass mixture incorporating tetracarbonylbisimide groups.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrostatographic core shell toner which includes as a core material of at least two nonpolymeric compounds each independently corresponding to the structure (R1Y1)p[(Z1Y2)mR2Y3]nZ2Y4R3. M is zero or one, n is zero up to an integer at which said compound starts to become a polymer and p is an integer of from one to eight. Each of R1 and R3 is independently a monovalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group an aromatic group or a multicyclic aromatic nucleus. Each of R2, Z1 and Z2 independently represent multivalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon groups or an aromatic group. Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 each independently represent one or more linking groups. The core material is surrounded by a shell that includes an amorphous matrix.

Abstract: The present invention is a photoconductive element containing an electrically conductive support, an electrical barrier layer disposed over said electrically conductive support and a charge generation layer capable of generating positive charge carriers when exposed to actinic radiation disposed over the barrier layer. The barrier layer is formed from a blocked polyisocyanate containing tetracarbonylbisimide groups. The present invention also discloses a new composition of a blocked polyisocyanate containing tetracarbonylbisimide groups.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrophotography and to amorphous condensation polymers comprising a polyester-co-imide, polyester-co-imide, polyesterionomer-co-imide, or polyamide-co-imide as a polymeric electrical charge barrier layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic p-type semiconductor pigment with a p-type conducting polymer, wherein the ionization potentials of the organic p-type semiconductor pigment and the p-type conducting polymer are nominally equivalent and a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic n-type semiconductor pigment with an n-type conducting polymer, wherein the electron affinities of the organic semiconductor pigment and the conducting polymer are nominally equivalent. The present invention also relates to a p/n heterojunction utilizing the photosensitive organic semiconductor compositions.

Abstract: In a process for forming a nanoparticulate crystalline titanium phthalocyanine pigment composition, a titanium phthalocyanine pigment is contacted with substantially pure 1,1,2-trichloroethane (TCE) under conditions effective to convert the titanium phthalocyanine pigment to the nanoparticulate crystalline composition.