Patent ID: 8790774

Claim:
A fuser member comprising: a nanocomposite material disposed over a substrate, the nanocomposite material comprising: a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a plurality of inorganic nano-fillers (INFs) disposed in a fluoroelastomer matrix, wherein the plurality of INFs is present in an amount ranging from about 2% to about 50% by weight of the total nanocomposite material to provide the nanocomposite material with a thermal conductivity of about 0.2 W/m·K to about 4 W/m·K, wherein the INFs are selected from the group consisting of silicon carbides, boron nitrides, boron carbides, aluminum nitrides, titanium nitrides, titanium carbides, zirconium carbides, and combinations thereof, and wherein each of the plurality of INFs comprises a surface modified with a mixture of two or more of a perfluorocarbon, a perfluoropolyether, or a polydimethylsiloxane.