Patent ID: 8084171

Claim:
An electrophotographic imaging member, comprising: a support layer, one or both of a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, and an undercoat layer, comprising a binder comprising at least one co-resin selected from the group consisting of a phenolic resin, an aminoplast resin, and combinations thereof; and a complex comprising a substituted fluorone and metal oxide nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of ZnO, TiO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO 2 , In 2 O 3 , and a complex oxide thereof, wherein the substituted fluorone is represented by formula (I): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are each independently a hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, and a hydrocarbyl substitutent comprising from about 1 to about 40 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R 2 is a phenyl group, and wherein the substituted fluorone forms a complex with the metal oxide particles.