Electrostatic charge image developing toner, producing method therefor, image forming method and image forming apparatus utilizing the toner, construct and method for making the construct
申请人:Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
公开号:US20040259026A1
公开(公告)日:2004-12-23
A construct that comprises a base material and a polyhydroxyalkanoate, wherein at least a part of the base material is coated with the polyhydroxyalkanoate, and the polyhydroxyalkanoate comprises a 3-hydroxyalkanoic acid unit other than 3-hydroxypropionic acid unit, 3-hydroxy-n-butyric acid unit, and 3-hydroxy-n-valeric acid unit.
In addition, an electrostatic charge image developing toner allows to design the toner characteristics such as chargeability, flowability, stability in time and environmental stability uniform among the toners of different colors. The toner has a small particle size enough for enabling uniform dispersion and being excellent in color saturation and transparency. The toner also shows higher contribution to the environmental security. The toner includes a coloring agent of which at least a part of the surface is covered with polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). The toner is produced by dispersing the coloring agent in aqueous medium, then fixing PHA synthesizing enzyme to the coloring agent dispersed in the aqueous medium, then adding 3-hydroxyacyl CoA, and executing a PHA synthesizing reaction to cover at least a part of the surface of the coloring agent with PHA. The toner thus obtained is used for an image forming method.
一种构造物,包括基材料和聚羟基脂肪酸酯,其中至少一部分基材料被聚羟基脂肪酸酯涂覆,而聚羟基脂肪酸酯包括除了3-羟基丙酸单元、3-羟基-n-丁酸单元和3-羟基-n-戊酸单元之外的3-羟基脂肪酸单元。
此外,静电荷图像开发调色剂可以使调色剂的特性如电荷性、流动性、时间稳定性和环境稳定性在不同颜色的调色剂之间保持一致。调色剂具有足够小的粒径,足以实现均匀分散,并具有优异的色彩饱和度和透明度。调色剂还显示出更高的环境安全贡献。调色剂包括至少部分表面覆盖聚羟基脂肪酸酯(PHA)的着色剂。调色剂通过将着色剂分散在水性介质中,然后将PHA合成酶固定在分散在水性介质中的着色剂上,然后添加3-羟基酰基辅酶A,并执行PHA合成反应,以覆盖至少着色剂表面的一部分与PHA。因此获得的调色剂用于图像形成方法。