Patent ID: 6300027
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An imaging member comprising:an electrically conductive substrate,a charge generating layer, anda charge transport layer,wherein an external layer of said imaging member comprises hydrophobic silica particles uniformly dispersed therein, wherein said hydrophobic silica particles are silica particles surface treated with a cyclic siloxane selected from the group consisting of phenyl pentamethyl disiloxane, phenethyl pentamethyl disiloxane, methoxypropyl heptamethyl cyclotetrasiloxane, chloropropyl pentamethyl disiloxane, hydroxypropyl pentamethyl disiloxane, octamethyl cyclotetrasiloxane, decamethyl cyclopentasiloxane, decamethyl-cyclopentasiloxane, dodecamethyl-cyclohexasiloxane, and mixtures thereof.