Abstract:
There are provided an electrophotographic photosensitive member and an intermediate transfer member each having good lubricity and good cleaning property on its surface, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and an electrophotographic apparatus including the intermediate transfer member. Therefore, a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member or intermediate transfer member of the present invention contains a matrix component and a rotatably-retained spherical particle that is not bound with the matrix component and is rotatably retained in a pore in the matrix component.
Abstract:
A compound which captures a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein specifically to a phosphorylation site and a method for detecting the peptide or protein using the compound. Particularly, a compound which specifically detects an excessively phosphorylated tau protein observed in the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease and a method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in vitro or in vivo using the compound are provided. By bringing a metal complex compound having two dipicolylamine (Dpa) moieties and a spacer including a chromogenic or luminescent functional or atom group into contact with a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein, the compound recognizes the distance between phosphate groups and specifically binds to the peptide or protein, and a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein or kinase activity is optically detected by measuring the change, or a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein or kinase activity is imaged by an optical imaging method applying the change in luminescence.
Abstract:
A substrate for mass spectrometry for effectively performing ionization has been demanded. The substrate for mass spectrometry includes a base, a porous film formed on the base, and an inorganic material film formed on the porous film. The inorganic material film has a plurality of concaves formed vertically to the base, and the diameter of the concaves is not less than 1 nm and less than 1 μm.
Abstract:
To produce a labeled compound for a selected biological substance not using a radioisotope atom which has a risk of exposure to radioactivity and limitation on handling time but using a stable isotope atom; and that the labeled compound can be measured with good sensitivity separably from naturally occurring compounds of the selected biological substance which are substituted with the stable isotope atom. Choline as a biological substance is labeled by substituting the nitrogen atom of the quaternary ammonium group and all the carbon atoms of the methyl group attached to the nitrogen atom with respective isotopes 15N and 13C and used as a diagnostic agent.
Abstract:
A toner, and an electrophotographic apparatus and an electrophotographic process cartridge using the toner are provided having excellent charge stability without adversely affecting electric properties of the toner even when used for a long period of time and having excellent image density stability without bringing about image deletion and blurring. The toner includes colored particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and two or more external additives. At least one of the external additives includes hydrophobic treated mesoporous particles, and the mesoporous particles are inorganic particles of at least one type selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium oxide, alumina, cerium oxide, and strontium titanate.
Abstract:
An electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus are provided which not only secure mechanical strength sufficiently but also bring a vast improvement in charge transport performance and which can well satisfy electrical properties. An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provided an outermost surface layer of which contains at least a charge transporting compound having chain polymerizable functional groups which is represented by the following general formula (1-1) or (1-2); the charge transporting compound having been polymerized or cross-linked and cured. Also provided are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such a photosensitive member.
Abstract:
A toner, and an electrophotographic apparatus and an electrophotographic process cartridge using the toner are provided having excellent charge stability without adversely affecting electric properties of the toner even when used for a long period of time and having excellent image density stability without bringing about image deletion and blurring. The toner includes colored particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and two or more external additives. At least one of the external additives includes hydrophobic treated mesoporous particles, and the mesoporous particles are inorganic particles of at least one type selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium oxide, alumina, cerium oxide, and strontium titanate.
Abstract:
A toner exhibits excellent image characteristics, and also has an excellent charging property even if the toner is used in a cleaning-simultaneous-with-developing system having a direct injection charging mechanism. The toner includes toner particles and non-magnetic metallic-compound fine particles. The weight average particle diameter of the toner is 3.0 μm to 12.0 μm. The metallic-compound fine particles are conductive metallic-compound fine particles having a specific surface area (cm2/cm3) of 5×105 to 100×105; a medium diameter (D50) of 0.4 μm to 4.0 μm with respect to a volume-based particle diameter distribution, the medium diameter (D50) being smaller than the weight average particle diameter of the toner; and a 90% particle diameter D90 of 6.0 μm or less with respect to a volume-based particle diameter.
Abstract:
A toner exhibits excellent image characteristics, and also has an excellent charging property even if the toner is used in a cleaning-simultaneous-with-developing system having a direct injection charging mechanism. The toner includes toner particles and non-magnetic metallic-compound fine particles. The weight average particle diameter of the toner is 3.0 μm to 12.0 μm. The metallic-compound fine particles are conductive metallic-compound fine particles having a specific surface area (cm2/cm3) of 5×105 to 100×105; a medium diameter (D50) of 0.4 μm to 4.0 μm with respect to a volume-based particle diameter distribution, the medium diameter (D50) being smaller than the weight average particle diameter of the toner; and a 90% particle diameter D90 of 6.0 μm or less with respect to a volume-based particle diameter.
Abstract:
A toner exhibits excellent image characteristics, and also has an excellent charging property even if the toner is used in a cleaning-simultaneous-with-developing system having a direct injection charging mechanism. The toner includes toner particles and non-magnetic metallic-compound fine particles. The weight average particle diameter of the toner is 3.0 μm to 12.0 μm. The metallic-compound fine particles are conductive metallic-compound fine particles having a specific surface area (cm2/cm3) of 5×105 to 100×105; a medium diameter (D50) of 0.4 μm to 4.0 μm with respect to a volume-based particle diameter distribution, the medium diameter (D50) being smaller than the weight average particle diameter of the toner; and a 90% particle diameter D90 of 6.0 μm or less with respect to a volume-based particle diameter.