Slippery and conductivity enhanced anticurl back coating

A flexible electrophotographic imaging member comprising:

• a flexible electrically conductive substrate;
• at least one imaging layer positioned on a first side of the substrate;
• and
• an anticurl back coating positioned on a second side of the substrate opposite to the at least one imaging layer, wherein the anticurl back coating comprises carbon nanotubes dispersed in a polymer blend and further wherein the polymer blend comprises an anti-static polymer, a bisphenol polycarbonate, and low surface energy polycarbonate, the low surface energy polycarbonate being an A-B di-block copolymer comprising two segmental blocks, the first segment block (A) being
• wherein x polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) repeat units is from about 10 to about 70 and y is from about 1 to about 15, and the second segment block (B) being selected from the group consisting of
• wherein z is from about 50 to about 400;
• wherein a relative weight ratio of the anti-static polymer:bisphenol polycarbonate:A-B diblock copolymer:carbon nanotubes is from 40:30:5:1 to 20:30:25:15, wherein the anti-static polymer is a film-forming thermoplastic copolymer comprising polyester, polycarbonate, and polyethylene glycol units in the molecular chain of the copolymer having a polyester/polycarbonate/polyethylene glycol ratio of about 62/33/6 by weight.

A flexible imaging member comprising:

• a flexible electrically conductive substrate;
• a charge generating layer disposed on a first side of the substrate;
• a bottom charge transport layer disposed on the charge generating layer;
• an outermost top charge transport layer applied over the bottom charge transport layer;
• and
• an anticurl back coating positioned on a second side of the substrate opposite to the charge generating and charge transport layers, wherein the anticurl back coating comprises carbon nanotubes dispersed in a polymer blend and further wherein the polymer blend comprises an anti-static polymer, a bisphenol polycarbonate of bisphenol A polycarbonate of poly(4,4′-isopropylidene diphenyl carbonate) or bisphenol Z polycarbonate of poly(4,4′-diphenyl-1,1′-cyclohexane carbonate), and low surface energy polycarbonate, the low surface energy polycarbonate being an A-B di-block copolymer comprising two segmental blocks, the first segment block (A) being
• wherein x polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) repeat units is from about 10 to about 70 and y is from about 1 to about 15, and the second segment block (B) being selected from the group consisting of
• wherein z is from about 50 to about 400;
• and wherein a relative weight ratio of the anti-static polymer:bisphenol polycarbonate:A-B diblock copolymer:carbon nanotubes is from 40:30:5:1 to 20:30:25:15.

An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium comprising:

• a) a flexible imaging member having a charge retentive-surface for receiving an electrostatic latent image thereon, wherein the flexible imaging member comprises
• a flexible electrically conductive substrate,
• at least one imaging layer positioned on a first side of the substrate, and
• an anticurl back coating positioned on a second side of the substrate opposite to the at least one imaging layer, wherein the anticurl back coating comprises carbon nanotubes dispersed in a polymer blend and further wherein the polymer blend comprises an anti-static polymer, a bisphenol polycarbonate, and low surface energy polycarbonate, the low surface energy polycarbonate being an A-B di-block copolymer comprising two segmental blocks, the first segment block (A) being
• wherein x polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) repeat units is from about 10 to about 70 and y is from about 1 to about 15, and the second segment block (B) being selected from the group consisting of
• wherein z is from about 50 to about 400;
• and wherein a relative weight ratio of the anti-static polymer:
• bisphenol polycarbonate:A-B diblock copolymer:carbon nanotubes is from 40:30:5:1 to 20:30:25:15;
• b) a development component for applying a developer material to the charge-retentive surface to develop the electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on the charge-retentive surface;
• c) a transfer component for transferring the developed image from the charge-retentive surface to a copy substrate;
• and
• d) a fusing component for fusing the developed image to the copy substrate.