Fluorinated strucutured organic film layers

An electrostatographic apparatus comprising:

• an imaging member, including an electrically conductive support, a photoconductive insulating layer, and an outermost structured organic film (SOF) layer consisting of:
• a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers, including a plurality of fluorinated segments, the plurality of fluorinated segments obtained from a fluorinated molecular building block selected from the group consisting of:
• 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1,6-hexanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7-dodecanfluoro-1,8-octanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9-perfluorodecane-1,10-diol, (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxymethyl-phenyl)-methanol, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1,4-butanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluoro-1,5-pentanediol, and 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8-tetradecafluoro-1,9-nonanediol and a plurality of electroactive segments, wherein the plurality of electroactive segments are selected from the group consisting of:
• N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis-[(4-hydroxymethyl)phenyl]-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine and N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, a leveling agent, an optional catalyst, an optional antioxidant, wherein the fluorinated molecular building blocks are present in the outermost SOF layer in an amount of from about 1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent;
• a charging unit to impart an electrostatic charge on the imaging member;
• an exposure unit to create an electrostatic latent image on the imaging member;
• an image material delivery unit to create an image on the imaging member;
• a transfer unit to transfer the image from the imaging member;
• and
• an optional cleaning unit.

An imaging member comprising:

• a substrate;
• an electrically conductive ground plane;
• a charge generating layer;
• a charge transport layer;
• and
• an outermost a structured organic film (SOF) layer consisting of:
• a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers, including a fluorinated segment, the fluorinated segment obtained from a fluorinated molecular building block selected from the group consisting of:
• 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1,6-hexanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7-dodecanfluoro-1,8-octanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9-perfluorodecane-1,10-diol, (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxymethyl-phenyl)-methanol, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1,4-butanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluoro-1,5-pentanediol, and 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8-tetradecafluoro-1,9-nonanediol and an electroactive segment wherein the electroactive segment is selected from the group consisting of:
• N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis-[(4-hydroxymethyl)phenyl]-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine and N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, a leveling agent, an optional catalyst, an optional antioxidant, wherein the fluorinated molecular building blocks are present in the outermost SOF layer in an amount of from about 1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent.