Fixing member, fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of forming release layer of fixing member

Abstract

A fixing member includes a base material, and a release layer that is provided on the base material and contains a polysiloxane compound having a T unit represented by a formula: [R1SiO3/2]m (in the formula, R1 represents an organic group, m represents an integer of 2 or more, and at least one R1 among a plurality of R1's present in the T unit is a group including at least one of an alkyl group or an aryl group) and inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

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