Abstract: A toner, including: a copolymerization resin, wherein the copolymerization resin includes: a unit derived from a polyester resin including a polycarboxylic acid having a valence of 2 or more and a polyol having a valence of 2 or more; and a unit derived from a resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, where the unit derived from the resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton is bonded to the unit derived from the polyester resin via at least one of a urethane group and a urea group, and wherein the toner has a relative degree of crystallization of 10% or more and less than 50%.

Abstract: To provide a toner including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of 20° C. or greater and less than 50° C., an endothermic peak temperature by DSC of 50° C. or greater and less than 80° C. and an amount of compressive deformation at 50° C. by a thermomechanical analysis of 5% or less.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing a crystalline resin having a urethane and/or urea bonding; and a colorant, wherein in a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction instrument, a ratio {C/(C+A)} of an integral intensity C of the spectrum derived from the crystalline structure to an integral intensity A of the spectrum derived from the non-crystalline structure is 0.12 or greater, wherein the toner satisfies the following relation 1: T1?T2?30° C. (Relation 1), where T1 represents the maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rising from 0° C. to 100° C. at the temperature rising rate of 10° C./min and T2 represents the maximum exothermic peak in the first temperature falling from 100° C. to 0° C. at the temperature falling rate of 10° C./min as T1 and T2 are measured by diffraction scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a colorant and a phenol multimer represented by the following General Formula (1): where R1 to R6, R11, R12, R14 to R16, R21, R22, and R24 to R26 each are a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and n is an integer.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a resin having a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid skeleton, wherein the toner has a half effusion temperature of from 80° C. to 120° C. as measured by a temperature rising method using a flow tester.

Abstract: A toner including a polyester resin having an amorphous polyester segment is provided. The amorphous polyester segment includes a condensation polymerization product between a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. The carboxylic acid includes both aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids. The toner deforms with a deformation rate of from 1.0% to 5.0% under a pressure of 100 gf at 40° C. and 80% RH. In a binarized image of an AFM phase image of the toner, first phase-contrast images serving as large-phase-difference portions are dispersed in second phase-contrast images serving as small-phase-difference portions, and the first phase-contrast images have a dispersion diameter of 100 nm or less. An endothermic quantity Q1 obtained in a first heating of DSC is from 10 to 50 J/g, and a ratio of an endothermic quantity obtained in the second heating Q2 to that in first heating Q1 is 0.65 or less.

Abstract: A toner including a crystalline polyester and an amorphous polyester is provided. When the binder resin is extracted from the toner with tetrahydrofuran to obtain an extracted solution, and the extracted solution is heated to remove the tetrahydrofuran and obtain a deposit, the deposit contains spherical domains of the crystalline polyester having an average particle diameter of 7.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: A toner includes a binder resin including a copolymer resin (A) having a structural unit derived from a crystalline polyester resin (A1) and another structural unit derived from an amorphous polyester resin (A2), and an amorphous resin (B) in an amount of from 30 to 70% by weight based on total weight of the binder resin. The binarized image of the AFM phase image of the binder resin consists of first phase-contrast images serving as large-phase-difference portions and second phase-contrast images serving as small-phase-difference portions with the first phase-contrast images dispersed in the second phase-contrast images forming a dot-like or streaky structure. The average value of dispersion diameters, corresponding to maximum Feret diameters, of the first phase-contrast images in the dot-like structure, or widths, corresponding to minimum Feret diameters, of the first phase-contrast images in the streaky structure, is less than 100 nm.

Abstract: A yellow toner including: a non-crystalline resin; C.I. Pigment Yellow 185; and a releasing agent, wherein the yellow toner has a glass transition temperature of more than 18° C. but less than 40° C.

Abstract: A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a storage modulus of 1.0×107 Pa or more at 50° C., a loss modulus of 8.0×104 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa at 80° C., and a loss modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 1.0×103 Pa at 160° C.

Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.

Abstract: An electrostatic image forming toner including: toner base particles each containing at least a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a non-crystalline polyester resin A and a crystalline polyester resin B, wherein a ratio of B/(A+B)×100 is 10 or more but less than 50 where (A+B) is a total mass of the non-crystalline polyester resin A and the crystalline polyester resin B and “B” is a mass of the crystalline polyester resin B, and wherein the toner base particles have a TMA compression deformation amount (TMA %) of 10% or less which is measured at 50° C. and a relative humidity of 90%.

Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing two or more kinds of crystalline resins; and a coloring agent, wherein the two or more kinds of crystalline resins have at least two endothermic peak temperatures in a set of endothermic peak temperatures of the two or more kinds of crystalline resins as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin including an amorphous resin; a magenta pigment comprising a naphthol pigment; and a release agent. The magenta toner has a glass transition temperature of from 19 to 40° C. The naphthol pigment has an X-ray diffraction pattern having plural peaks in the following range: 0°?2??35° wherein ? is a Bragg angle. The sum of half widths of the respective peaks is from 5 to 10°.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner obtained from a dispersion or emulsion liquid of an oil phase containing a toner material in an aqueous medium, the toner including: a binder resin, wherein the toner material includes: (A) an epoxy resin prepolymer; (B) an adduct of a dihydric phenol with a polyalkylene oxide; (C) a phenolic compound, or an alcohol compound, or both thereof; and (D) a carboxylic acid compound, and wherein the binder resin includes a resin obtained by allowing the (A), the (B), the (C) and the (D) to react with each other.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a block copolymer A containing a crystalline segment X and a non-crystalline segment Y, wherein the toner has a thermo-mechanical analysis (TMA) compressive deformation amount (TMA %) of 10% or less at 50° C. and a relative humidity of 90%, wherein the toner has a spin-spin relaxation time (t130) of 10 ms or greater at 130° C. as measured by pulse nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), wherein the toner has a spin-spin relaxation time (t?70) of 1 ms or less at 70° C. as measured by pulse NMR when descending from 130° C. to 70° C.

Abstract: To provide a toner (X), which contains toner particles, each toner particle contains: a core phase (Q) containing a crystalline resin (A); and a shell phase (S) provided on a surface of the core phase (Q), where the shell phase (S) contains a crystalline polyurethane resin (B), wherein maximum peak temperature (Ta) of heat of melting of the crystalline resin (A) is 40° C. to 70° C., and maximum peak temperature (Tu) of heat of melting of the crystalline polyurethane resin (B) is 50° C. to 90° C.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing a crystalline resin having a urethane and/or urea bonding; and a colorant, wherein in a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction instrument, a ratio {C/(C+A)} of an integral intensity C of the spectrum derived from the crystalline structure to an integral intensity A of the spectrum derived from the non-crystalline structure is 0.12 or greater, wherein the toner satisfies the following relation 1: T1?T2?30° C. (Relation 1), where T1 represents the maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rising from 0° C. to 100° C. at the temperature rising rate of 10° C./min and T2 represents the maximum exothermic peak in the first temperature falling from 100° C. to 0° C. at the temperature falling rate of 10° C./min as T1 and T2 are measured by diffraction scanning calorimetry (DSC).