Patent ID: 8718528

Claim:
An apparatus for forming an image comprising: an image receiving member comprising a toner image deposited thereon, wherein the toner image comprises one or more opto-thermal elements incorporated with a polymer, the polymer being optically transparent having from about 10% to about 100% transparency in an absorption range of the one or more opto-thermal elements; an intermediate transfer member for transferring the toner image from the image receiving member to an image receiving substrate; and one or more light sources configured in proximity to the toner image comprising the one or more opto-thermal elements to optically induce the one or more opto-thermal elements to heat the toner image on the image receiving substrate, wherein the one or more opto-thermal elements are selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube, graphene, a metal nanoshell, a metal nanostructure, and combinations thereof.