Abstract: A liquid developer includes metallic particles that may be surface-treated using an insulating material, and a carrier liquid.

Abstract: A toner image forming device includes a first toner image forming section including a charged first image holding member, a first exposing unit that emits light onto the first image holding member to form a latent image thereon, and a first developing unit that develops the latent image by a black toner to form a toner image, a second toner image forming section including a charged second image holding member, a second exposing unit that emits light onto the second image holding member to form a latent image thereon, and a second developing unit that develops the latent image by a toner of color other than black to form a toner image, and a controller that performs control so that the number of toners that the second toner image forming section uses is larger than the number of toners that the first toner image forming section uses.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element which includes a pair of electrodes composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and an organic compound layer interposed between the pair of electrodes and containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I) [in the formula (I), A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II); and in the formula (II), X represents a group represented by the following formula (III)]:

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element which includes a pair of electrodes composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and an organic compound layer interposed between the pair of electrodes and containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I) [in the formula (I), A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II); and in the formula (II), X represents a group represented by the following formula (III)]:

Abstract: A toner image forming device includes a first toner image forming section including a charged first image holding member, a first exposing unit that emits light onto the first image holding member to form a latent image thereon, and a first developing unit that develops the latent image by a black toner to form a toner image, a second toner image forming section including a charged second image holding member, a second exposing unit that emits light onto the second image holding member to form a latent image thereon, and a second developing unit that develops the latent image by a toner of color other than black to form a toner image, and a controller that performs control so that the number of toners that the second toner image forming section uses is larger than the number of toners that the first toner image forming section uses.

Abstract: An image holding member for an image forming apparatus includes: a substrate; and a photosensitive layer on the substrate, the photosensitive layer containing a compound including a partial structure represented by the following Formula (II-2) wherein in Formula (II-2), Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 10 aromatic rings, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent condensed aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 10 aromatic rings, or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; q represents 0 or 1; and n's each independently represent an integer of from 0 to 7.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes: a pair of electrodes composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, one of which is transparent or semitransparent; and one or more organic compound layers that are sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, in which at least one layer of the organic compound layers contains one or more of charge-transporting polyesters represented by formula (I).

Abstract: The invention provides a thiazolothiazole compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1. The invention further provides a thiazolothiazole polymer having the thiazolothiazole compound as a polymerization unit thereof.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor transistor has plural electrodes and an organic semiconductor layer including at least one compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), each R is independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and n and m are each independently an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: An image holding member for an image forming apparatus is disclosed which the image holding member includes a support and a photosensitive layer disposed on or above the support, the photosensitive layer including a compound including a partial structure represented by the following Formula (A), wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 10 aromatic rings, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent condensed aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 10 aromatic rings, or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; q represents 0 or 1; and Each n each independently represent an integer of from 0 to 7.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a pair of electrodes formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and one or more organic compound layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, with at least one layer containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I), wherein A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II), and X represents a group represented by the following formula (III):

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, having an organic compound layer including two or more layers including at least a buffer layer and an emitting layer, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers other than the buffer layer contains at least one charge-transporting polyester represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2), and the buffer layer is formed in contact with an anode and contains a crosslinked compound formed by using at least one charge injection material containing a substituted silicon group and represented by Formula (III).

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound is represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; A represents a heterocyclic residue that contains at least one nitrogen atom and forms a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a pair of electrodes composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and one or more organic compound layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, with at least one layer containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I), wherein A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II) and X represents a group represented by the following formula (III)]:

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a pair of electrodes formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and one or more organic compound layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, with at least one layer containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I), wherein A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II), and X represents a group represented by the following formula (III):

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element which includes a pair of electrodes composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, with at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, and an organic compound layer interposed between the pair of electrodes and containing one or more charge transporting polyesters represented by the following formula (I) [in the formula (I), A1 represents at least one selected from structures represented by the following formula (II); and in the formula (II), X represents a group represented by the following formula (III)]:

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound is represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; A represents a heterocyclic residue that contains at least one nitrogen atom and forms a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: The invention provides a thiazolothiazole compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1. The invention further provides a thiazolothiazole polymer having the thiazolothiazole compound as a polymerization unit thereof.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes: a pair of electrodes including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent; and an organic compound layer including one or more layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, at least one layer included in the organic compound layer containing one or more compounds represented by the following formula (I): in formula (I), R1s each independently representing a linear alkyl, linear alkoxy, branched alkyl, or branched alkoxy group having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms; and R2s each independently representing a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a linear alkoxy group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a branched alkoxy group having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, at least one of which is transparent or semitransparent, and one or more organic compound layers disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers comprises at least one charge-transporting polyester consisting of repeating units containing, as a partial structure, at least one structure represented by the following formula (I-1).