Abstract: A toner, including: base particles containing a polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature (Tg1st) of 20° C. to 50° C. where the glass transition temperature (Tg1st) is measured in first heating of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the toner, wherein tetrahydrofuran (THF) insoluble matter of the toner has a glass transition temperature [Tg2nd (THF insoluble matter)] of 30° C. or lower where the glass transition temperature [Tg2nd (THF insoluble to matter)] is measured in second heating of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the THF insoluble matter, and wherein 50% or less of the colorant is present within a region of 1,000 nm from a surface of each of the base particles toward a center thereof.

Abstract: A toner including a crystalline resin wherein the crystalline resin contains a crystalline resin having a urethane bond, a urea bond or both thereof, and wherein the crystalline resin has an average crystallite diameter of 20 nm to 70 nm.

Abstract: A toner including at least a crystalline resin as a binder resin, wherein a tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner includes 5.0% or more as a peak area of a component having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography, and the tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 60,000.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) observed at least at one point from 25 to 65° C. in a differential scanning calorimeter at a rate of temperature increase of 5° C./min, wherein the toner has a structure in which a structure appearing as a high phase difference image is dispersed in a structure appearing as a low phase difference image in a two-dimensional phase difference image observed by tapping mode AFM, and an X-ray diffraction chart in which a peak originated from an crystalline resin is observed in a range of a diffraction angle 2? of from 20 to 25°, and wherein a ratio (I1/I2) of an intensity of the peak originated from an crystalline resin to an intensity (I2) of a halo originated from an amorphous composition is from 0.2 to 1.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes a crosslinked polyester resin, and a block copolymer. The crosslinked polyester resin includes a diol component, which includes an aliphatic diol component having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in an amount of 50% by mole, and a crosslinked component, which is at least one of a crosslinked component of an aliphatic alcohol having three or more valences and a crosslinked component of an aliphatic acid having three or more valences, and the block copolymer includes a crystalline segment (a) and a non-crystalline segment (b). The toner has a first glass transition temperature (Tg1st) of from 20° C. to 50° C., which is determined by subjecting the toner to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and measuring a glass transition temperature in a first temperature rising process in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin containing a urethane bond, a urea bond, or both thereof; and a compound represented by the following General Formula (1), wherein an amount of the compound represented by the General Formula (1) is 0.01% by mass to 0.25% by mass: CnH2n+1R??General Formula (1) where n is 8 to 22 and R is COOH, NH2 or OH.

Abstract: A development agent containing toner that contains a binder resin having a crystalline resin that has a urethane and/or urea bond in its main chain, a coloring agent, and an organically modified inorganic laminate compound in which organic ions are at least partially substituted for ions present between layers of the organically modified inorganic laminate compound, and toner carrier that contains a core material whose surface is coated with a coating layer having a condensed compound of a melamine resin and/or a guanamine resin and an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: The toner includes a pigment; and a block copolymer having a polyester block A including a residual group of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a polyester block B including an anionic group. When cross-section of the block copolymer is observed by a tapping mode atomic force microscope to obtain a phase image of the cross-section, the polyester block B, which has relatively large phase delay, is dispersed as domains having an average size of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a domain of the polyester block A, which has relatively small phase delay. The block copolymer has a first glass transition temperature of from ?20° C. to 20° C., and a second glass transition temperature of from 35° C. to 65° C. when the first and second glass transition temperatures are determined from a thermogram obtained by subjecting the block copolymer to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at a temperature rising speed of 5° C./min.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner including: a binder resin, wherein the binder resin has one glass transition temperature Tg and the glass transition temperature Tg of the binder resin is within 25° C. to 65° C. as measured in second heating with a differential scanning calorimeter at a heating rate of 5° C./min, and wherein a phase image of the binder resin obtained with an atomic force microscope (AFM) of tapping mode contains first phase difference regions and a second phase difference region such that the first phase difference regions are dispersed in the second phase difference region, where the first phase difference regions correspond to greater phase difference regions and the second phase difference region corresponds to a smaller phase difference region when an intermediate value between a maximum value and a minimum value of the phase differences is used as a threshold.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner, including: a binder resin; a colorant; and an organically-modified layered inorganic mineral, wherein the binder resin contains 50% by mass or more of a crystalline resin relative to the binder resin, and the crystalline resin contains a resin having a sulfonic acid group, and wherein an amount of the sulfonic acid group is 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass relative to the resin having the sulfonic acid group.

Abstract: A toner including at least a crystalline resin as a binder resin, wherein a tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner includes 5.0% or more as a peak area of a component having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography, and the tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 60,000.

Abstract: To provide a toner, including: a crystalline binder resin including a urethane bond or a urea bond, or both thereof; and a colorant, wherein the colorant has a number-average particle diameter of 0.5 ?m or less, and a ratio of particles having a particle diameter of 0.7 ?m or greater in a number-size distribution of the colorant is 5% by number or less.

Abstract: Toner containing a binder resin that contains at least one kind of resin having a crystalline polyester unit as its main component and a releasing agent containing a straight-chain mono ester having 48 or more carbon atoms accounting for 40% by weight or more of the releasing agent.

Abstract: A toner includes a coloring agent, a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin having a urethane skeleton and/or urea skeleton, and a releasing agent (a microcrystalline wax). A development agent, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus employ the toner to form images on recording media electrophotographically.

Abstract: A toner, including a lactone compound having not less than 14-membered rings; and a resin including a crystalline polyester unit.

Abstract: To provide a toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin has two glass transition temperatures Tg1 and Tg2 in a differential scanning calorimetry at a heating speed of 5° C./min, the glass transition temperature Tg1 is ?20° C. to 20° C., and the glass transition temperature Tg2 is 35° C. to 65° C., wherein the binder resin comprises a polyester skeleton and a ring-containing skeleton molecule at ends thereof, and wherein the binder resin is obtained by block copolymerization of: a polyester skeleton A which includes a structural unit obtained by dehydration condensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in a repeating structure; and a skeleton B which does not include a structural unit obtained by dehydration condensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in a repeating structure.

Abstract: To provide a toner containing toner base particles, in each of which a colorant and a releasing agent are encapsulated with a binder resin, where the toner base particles are obtained by the method containing: mixing and emulsifying a mixture containing the binder resin, the colorant, the releasing agent, and an organic solvent in an aqueous medium in the presence of resin particles, wherein the aqueous medium contains a surfactant and an inorganic salt.

Abstract: A toner including a colorant and a first binder resin is provided. The first binder resin has first and second glass transition points at a temperature Tg1 of ?20 to 20° C. and a temperature Tg2 of 35 to 65° C., respectively, measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a heating rate of 5° C./min. A ratio h1/h2 of a baseline displacement h1 observed in the first glass transition point to a baseline displacement h2 observed in the second glass transition point is less than 1.0. The first binder resin has a structure in which a first phase is dispersed in a second phase. The first and second phases consist of portions having larger and smaller phase difference values, respectively, than an intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in a binarized phase image obtained by an atomic force microscope with a tapping mode method.

Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin containing a urethane bond, a urea bond, or both thereof; and a compound represented by the following General Formula (1), wherein an amount of the compound represented by the General Formula (1) is 0.01% by mass to 0.25% by mass: CnH2n+1R??General Formula (1) where n is 8 to 22 and R is COOH, NH2 or OH.

Abstract: A toner including a core particle and projections at a surface of the core particle is provided. The core particle includes a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin includes a crystalline resin as a major component. Each of the projections consists of a fine resin particle. An average length of long sides of the projections is not less than 0.15 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m. A standard deviation of lengths of the long sides of the projections is 0.2 or less. A surface coverage of the toner with the projections is within a range of 30 to 90%.