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US 2007/0178396 A1Published application
Imaging members and method of treating an imaging member
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJin Wu, Liang-Bih Lin, Robert Hedrick, Rachel Brown
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Abstract
A method for treating a metal substrate or a metallized substrate of an imaging member including providing a metal or metallized substrate of an imaging member; treating the metal or metallized substrate with a sol-gel composition comprising a rare earth metal to form a passivation layer on the metal or metallized substrate using a sol-gel process.
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A method for treating a metal substrate or a metallized substrate of an imaging member comprising:
- providing a metal or metallized substrate of an imaging member;
- treating the metal or metallized substrate with a sol-gel composition comprising a rare earth metal to form a passivation layer on the metal or metallized substrate using a sol-gel process.
An imaging member comprising:
- a metal or metallized substrate having a passivation layer prepared using a sol-gel process, wherein the passivation layer comprises a rare earth metal;
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- one or more additional layers disposed on the metal substrate, wherein the additional layer or layers comprise a charge generating component and a charge transport component.
An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium comprising:
- a) a photoreceptor member having a charge retentive surface to receive an electrostatic latent image thereon, wherein said photoreceptor member comprises a metal or metallized substrate having a passivation layer prepared using a sol-gel process, wherein the passivation layer comprises a rare earth metal, a charge generating layer, and a charge transport layer comprising charge transport materials dispersed therein;
- b) a development component to apply a developer material to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge-retentive surface;
- c) a transfer component for transferring said developed image from said charge-retentive surface to another member or a copy substrate;
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- d) a fusing member to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
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