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Process for fabricating a flexible electrophotographic imaging member
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorRobert C. U. Yu
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InventorRobert C. U. Yu
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A process for fabricating a flexible electrophotographic imaging members including providing a flexible substrate including a biaxally oriented thermoplastic polymer web coated with at least one thermoplastic adhesive layer, vapor depositing on the adhesive layer a thin charge generating layer, cooling the charge generating layer to induce strain in the charge generating layer as well as at the interface between the charge generating layer and the substrate, heating the flexible substrate to shrink the biaxally oriented thermoplastic polymer web and substantially remove the strain from the charge generating layer, and forming a layer of a charge transport coating solution on the charge generating layer, the charge transport coating solution including a charge transporting film forming polymer matrix, and solvent for the film forming polymer matrix, and drying the charge transport coating solution.
A process for fabricating a flexible electrophotographic imaging member comprising providing a flexible substrate comprising a biaxially oriented thermoplastic polymer supporting web coated with at least one adhesive layer comprising a thermoplastic adhesive, vapor depositing on said adhesive layer a thin charge generating layer, cooling said charge generating layer to induce strain between said charge generating layer and said substrate, heating said flexible substrate to shrink said biaxially oriented thermoplastic polymer web and substantially remove said strain between said charge generating layer and said substrate, forming a layer of a charge transport coating solution on said charge generating layer, said charge transport coating solution comprising a charge transporting film forming polymer matrix and solvent for said film forming polymer matrix, said solvent also being a solvent for said thermoplastic adhesive, and drying said charge transport coating solution.
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