Patent ID: 8367175

Claim:
A fuser member comprising: a substrate; and a cured outer layer thereover, the outer layer made by combining ingredients comprising (a) a polymer and (b) an organometallic species, wherein the organometallic species is a sol-gel having the formula Cu(OR) 2 , R being a hydrocarbyl substituent comprising from about 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and further wherein said polymer and said organometallic species forms an interpenetrating network upon curing; and wherein the fuser is usable with a mercapto-functional polydimethylsiloxane release fluid, the outer layer of the fuser comprising an increased number of uniform organometallic binding sites for a mercapto-functional polydimethylsiloxane release fluid, as compared to an outer layer devoid of the interpenetrating network.