Method of forming a fluoroplastic topcoat including carbon nanotubes
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsYu Qi, Qi Zhang, Nan-Xing Hu
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Abstract
A method for forming a surface topcoat can include mixing a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a thermally decomposable polymer binder to form a thermally decomposable polymer composite. The thermally decomposable polymer composite is mixed with a plurality of fluoroplastic particles, a fluorinated surfactant, and a solvent media to form a coating dispersion. Next, the coating dispersion is applied to a substrate such as a printer fuser member substrate to form a coated substrate. The coated substrate is heated to cure the coating dispersion to form a final coating film on the substrate.
Claims18
A method for forming a fluoroplastic coating, comprising:
- mixing a plurality of carbon nanotubes with a thermally decomposable polymer binder to form a thermally decomposable polymer composite;
- mixing the thermally decomposable polymer composite with a plurality of fluoroplastic particles, a fluorinated surfactant, and a solvent media to form a coating dispersion;
- applying the coating dispersion onto a substrate to form a coated substrate;
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- heating the coated substrate to a temperature of from 150° C. to 350° C. to cure the coating dispersion to form a final coating film on the substrate.
A method for forming a printer fuser member substrate comprising a topcoat, wherein the topcoat is formed using a method comprising:
- mixing a plurality of carbon nanotubes with a thermally decomposable polymer binder to form a thermally decomposable polymer composite;
- mixing the thermally decomposable polymer composite with a plurality of fluoroplastic particles, a fluorinated surfactant, and a solvent media to form a coating dispersion;
- applying the coating dispersion onto a fuser member substrate to form a coated fuser member substrate;
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- heating the coated fuser member substrate to a temperature of from 150° C. to 350° C. to cure the coating dispersion to form a final coating film on the fuser member substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.