Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising toner particles, wherein each of the toner particles has a core-shell structure composed of a core and a shell phase formed on the core, the shell phase contains a resin (B), and the core contains a binder resin (A), a colorant and a wax, wherein the toner particles contain the resin (B) in a specific amount with respect to the core, and wherein the solubility parameter (SP value) of the binder resin (A) is denoted by SP(A), the SP value of the resin (B) is denoted by SP(B), the SP value of a repeating unit with the smallest SP value from among repeating units constituting the resin (B) is denoted by SP(C), and the SP value of the wax is denoted by SP(W), each of the SP(A), SP(B), SP(C) and SP(W) satisfy specific relationships.

Abstract: Provided is a toner containing toner particles, each of which includes a binder resin containing a polyester as a main component, a colorant, and a wax, in which the binder resin includes a block polymer in which a segment capable of forming a crystalline structure and a segment incapable of forming a crystalline structure are bonded, the toner has a maximum endothermic peak from the binder resin, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, with a peak temperature in a specific range and with an endothermic quantity in a specific range, and the wax is an ester wax having a functionality of 3 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a toner containing toner particles, each of which includes a binder resin containing a polyester as a main component, a colorant, and a wax, in which the binder resin includes a block polymer in which a segment capable of forming a crystalline structure and a segment incapable of forming a crystalline structure are bonded, the toner has a maximum endothermic peak from the binder resin, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, with a peak temperature in a specific range and with an endothermic quantity in a specific range, and the wax is an ester wax having a functionality of 3 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a toner having an excellent low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance, a broad fixing temperature latitude in low-temperature areas to high-temperature areas, and a high heat-resistant storage stability. The toner includes toner particles having a core-shell structure in which a shell phase containing a resin A is formed on a core containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. In measurement of resin A by a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the peak temperature TpA (° C.) of a maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rise is at least 55° C. but not more than 80° C. In measurement of a viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic modulus at TpA?10 (° C.) is at least 1×107 Pa but not more than 1×108 Pa. In measurement of the viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic moduli at TpA (° C.), TpA+10 (° C.) and TpA+25 (° C.) satisfy specific conditions.

Abstract: Input information that selects one card among five cards that are arranged in one direction in a predetermined area of a game screen is received, and a player character is caused to make a motion corresponding to the selected card. When three cards to which an identical attribute is assigned are adjacently disposed in the predetermined area, the three cards are replaced with one card to which the same attribute as that of the three cards is assigned, but which differs in type from the three cards, the card positioned in the rightward direction relative to the replaced cards is shifted in the leftward direction, and an additional two cards are disposed in the space formed by shifting the card.

Abstract: A laser system in this disclosure may include: a master oscillator configured to output pulsed laser light, a coherence reduction optical system configured to reduce coherence of the pulsed laser light from the master oscillator, and a controller configured to control the coherence reduction optical system so that a speckle of the pulsed laser light varies.

Abstract: In differential scanning calorimetry of a toner, regarding a binder resin in the toner, (i) the peak temperature T10 of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate 10.0° C./min; P10) is 50° C. to 80° C. and the half-width W10 is 2.0° C. to 3.5° C. and (ii) W1, W10, and W20 satisfy that W1/W10 is 0.20 to 1.00 and W20/W10 is 1.00 to 1.50, where the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 1.0° C./min; P1) is represented by W1 (° C.) and the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 20.0° C./min; P20) is represented by W20 (° C.).

Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure in which a shell phase containing a resin A is formed on a core that contains a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, wherein the resin A is a vinyl resin prepared by copolymerizing a vinyl monomer X that has an organopolysiloxane structure and a vinyl monomer Y that has a polyester segment capable of forming a crystalline structure; the content of the vinyl monomer X in a total monomer used for the copolymerization is in a particular range; the toner particle contains resin A in a particular proportion; and the binder resin contains a crystalline resin.

Abstract: Provided is a toner that is excellent in terms of low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance, has a wide fixing temperature range from a low-temperature region to a high-temperature region, and has high thermal storability. When the toner is measured with a capillary rheometer, t(1) is 60 seconds or more and t(5) is 30 seconds or less and the toner satisfies the following formulae (1) and (2) 65.0[° C.]?T(5)?90.0[° C.]??(1) 4.5?t(1)/t(5)?10.0??(2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability and also excellent in heat-resistant storage property, offset resistance, and durability. In a process for producing a toner containing toner particles by emulsion aggregation, each toner particle includes a binder resin of which a main component is a block polymer having a crystal structure, a colorant, and a release agent; the binder resin includes polyester as a main component; the rate of a portion capable of forming a crystal structure to the binder resin is 50 to 80 mass %; a peak temperature Tp of a maximum endothermic peak attributed to the binder resin is 50 to 80° C. in endothermic amount measurement of the toner with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and fused particles are heated at a heating temperature t (° C.) satisfying Tp??15.0?t?Tp??5.0 for at least 0.5 hr.

Abstract: An ammonia gas sensor (200A) having an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte member (22A); a detection electrode (2A) and a reference electrode (4A) which are disposed on the solid electrolyte member; and an intermediate layer (5A) interposing between the detection electrode and the solid electrolyte member; wherein the intermediate layer contains the oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte component in an amount of 50 wt % or more, and a first metal oxide which is an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Ce, and the detection electrode contains Au in an amount of 70 wt % or higher and no first metal oxide.

Abstract: A laser system in this disclosure may include: a master oscillator configured to output pulsed laser light, a coherence reduction optical system configured to reduce coherence of the pulsed laser light from the master oscillator, and a controller configured to control the coherence reduction optical system so that a speckle of the pulsed laser light varies.

Abstract: In differential scanning calorimetry of a toner, regarding a binder resin in the toner, (i) the peak temperature T10 of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate 10.0° C./min; P10) is 50° C. to 80° C. and the half-width W10 is 2.0° C. to 3.5° C. and (ii) W1, W10, and W20 satisfy that W1/W10 is 0.20 to 1.00 and W20/W10 is 1.00 to 1.50, where the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 1.0° C./min; P1) is represented by W1 (° C.) and the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 20.0° C./min; P20) is represented by W20 (° C.).

Abstract: Provided is a yellow toner having toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a polar resin, the yellow toner being characterized in that: the colorant is a coloring compound having a specific structure; in a microscopic compression test at a measurement temperature of 25° C., the toner has a recovery ratio Z(25) of 40 to 80%; and the toner has a glass transition temperature (TgA) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of 40° C. to 60° C. and a temperature (P1) of the highest endothermic peak measured with the DSC of 70° C. to 90° C., and the temperature (P1) of the highest endothermic peak and the glass transition temperature (TgA) satisfy the relationship of 15° C.?P1?TgA?50° C.

Abstract: In a toner kit having i) a non-magnetic black toner having at least carbon black and ii) color toners, the black toner has a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4b and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sb, and the color toners, other than the-black toner, each have a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4c and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sc, where the black toner and color toners satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): 0.60?D4.c/D4b?0.96,:??Relation (1) 0.750?Sc/Sb?1.000;:??Relation (2) and each have an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.000 and a circularity standard deviation of less than 0.040 as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer.

Abstract: To provide an method for forming an image capable of effectively suppressing a toner from deteriorating and also capable of keeping the quality of an image for a long period of time, even when the method is applied to an apparatus with as high process speed. The prevent invention provides an method for forming an image, in which a developing unit is used, which includes: a rotatable cylindrical toner bearing member having a diameter represented as Rd (mm); and a rotatable cylindrical toner-supplying member having a diameter Rs (mm), the diameters Rd and Rs satisfying the following relational expression (1): 1?Rs?Rd?10??(1) and in which the nonmagnetic one-component toner having an degree of aggregation of 5 to 30% and an electric resistivity of 1×1014 to 1×1018 ?·cm at an electric field of 1×104 V/cm is used.

Abstract: In a toner kit having i) a non-magnetic black toner having at least carbon black and ii) color toners, the black toner has a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4b and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sb, and the color toners, other than the-black toner, each have a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4c and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sc, where the black toner and color toners satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): 0.60?D4.c/D4b?0.96, ??Relation (1): 0.750?Sc/Sb?1.000; ??Relation (2): and each have an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.000 and a circularity standard deviation of less than 0.040 as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer.

Abstract: In a toner kit having i) a non-magnetic black toner having at least carbon black and ii) color toners, the black toner has a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4b and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sb, and the color toners, other than the black toner, each have a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4c and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sc, where the black toner and color toners satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): 0.60?D4c/D4b?0.96,??Relation (1) 0.750?Sc/Sb?1.000;??Relation (2) and each have an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.000 and a circularity standard deviation of less than 0.040 as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silica fine particle capable of preventing a charging member or an image bearing member from being contaminated with toner when the toner contains the particle and also capable of providing the toner with a stable developing property. The silica fine particle of the present invention has been hydrophobic treated. Furthermore, the particle has a peak in a range of 0.04 ?m to 1 ?m and a peak in the range of 1 ?m to 100 ?m in a volume-basis particle diameter distribution. The particle has a frequency ratio of 10 to 80% for the particles with a particle diameter of 0.04 ?m to 1 ?m to a total of all the peaks, and the particles has the frequency ratio of less than 16% for the particles with a particle diameters of 20 ?m to 2000 ?m to the total of all the peaks.

Abstract: To provide an method for forming an image capable of effectively suppressing a toner from deteriorating and also capable of keeping the quality of an image for a long period of time, even when the method is applied to an apparatus with as high process speed.