Patent ID: 8470446

Claim:
An intermediate transfer member consisting of a supporting substrate first layer which has incorporated therein a conductive component of carbon black, or a polyaniline and a second surface layer consisting of a mixture of a carbon nanotube present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent, a photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of diphenyl (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, diphenyl (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphinate, phenyl bis(2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl) phosphine oxide, 1-hydroxy-cyclohexylphenyl ketone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone, 2-hydroxy-1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl]-2-methyl-1-propanone, 2-benzyl-2-(dimethylamino)-1-[4-(4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1-butanone, 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-(4-morpholinyl)-1-propanone, and α,α-dimethoxy-α-phenylacetophenone, each present in an amount of from about 1 to about 7 weight percent, and a hybrid component formed by the reaction of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane and 3-acryloyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane, or 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl and 3-acryloyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane and wherein said supporting substrate first layer is of a thickness of from about 20 to about 500 microns, and second surface layer is of a thickness of from about 1 to about 150 microns and said hybrid component is present in an amount of from about 10 to about 90 weight percent and wherein said carbon nanotube is treated with a dispersant as represented by at least one of wherein when R 1 and R 4 are hydrogen, R 2 and R 3 are OC 10 H 21 ; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are a halide, alkyl or aryl; or wherein when R 1 and R 4 are hydrogen, R 2 and R 3 are wherein n represents the number of repeating segments and is a number of from about 10 to about 150, or wherein n represents the number of repeating segments and is a number of from about 10 to about 150.