Electrostatic latent image developing toner and toner external additive
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYuma Uchihashi
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Abstract
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes a plurality of resin particles each containing first temperature responsive polymer domains and second temperature responsive polymer domains. The second temperature responsive polymer domains have a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) higher than that of the first temperature responsive polymer domains.
Claims6
An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising a plurality of toner particles each including a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle, wherein
- the external additive includes a plurality of resin particles each containing first temperature responsive polymer domains and second temperature responsive polymer domains,
- the second temperature responsive polymer domains have a lower critical solution temperature higher than that of the first temperature responsive polymer domains,
- the first temperature responsive polymer domains contain a polymer of monomers including acrylamide having an acetyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom and methacrylamide having an acetyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom,
- the second temperature responsive polymer domains contain a polymer of monomers including (meth)acrylamide having a straight chain alkyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom and (meth)acrylamide having a branched alkyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom, or a polymer of monomers including (meth)acrylamide having a cyclic ether group at a position of a nitrogen atom.
A toner external additive comprising a plurality of resin particles each containing first temperature responsive polymer domains and second temperature responsive polymer domains, wherein
- the second temperature responsive polymer domains have a lower critical solution temperature higher than that of the first temperature responsive polymer domains,
- the first temperature responsive polymer domains contain a polymer of monomers including acrylamide having an acetyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom and methacrylamide having an acetyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom, and
- the second temperature responsive polymer domains contain a polymer of monomers including (meth)acrylamide having a straight chain alkyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom and (meth)acrylamide having a branched alkyl group at a position of a nitrogen atom, or a polymer of monomers including (meth)acrylamide having a cyclic ether group at a position of a nitrogen atom.
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