Patent ID: 8283398

Claim:
An intermediate transfer member comprised of a polyhedral silsesquioxane polyimide, wherein said silsesquioxane is attached to said polyimide, and wherein said polyhedral silsesquioxane polyimide is formed by reacting a POSS component selected from the group consisting of a POSS amine, a POSS alcohol, a POSS carboxylic acid, and a POSS epoxide with a polyamic acid, and wherein POSS is a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, wherein said POSS alcohol is represented by at least one of where each R substituent is alkyl with from about 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl with from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof; wherein said POSS epoxide is represented by at least one of where each R substituent is alkyl with from about 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl with from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof; wherein said POSS carboxylic is represented by at least one of where each R substituent is alkyl with from about 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl with from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof; and wherein said POSS amine is represented by at least one of where each R substituent is alkyl with from about 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl with from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof.