Patent ID: 8318302

Claim:
A fuser member comprising: a substrate; an outer polymeric layer comprising a fluoropolymer and a plurality of copper metal particles dispersed therein, wherein the plurality of copper metal particles have an average particle diameter of from about 50 nm to about 500 nm, and the copper metal particles comprise elemental copper or oxides thereof; and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, wherein the release agent material coating consists of a mercapto functional release agent having the following formula: wherein n is from about 1 to about 20; A 1 is R or (CH 2 ) m SH with m from about 1 to about 20; R is (CH 2 ) p CH 3 with p from about 0 to about 20; and a+b+c+q is from about 50 to about 400, and wherein from about 85 to about 100 percent of the outer polymeric layer is covered with said mercapto functional release agent, wherein a is at least 1 and q is at least 1.