Self-releasing fuser members and methods of making the same

摘要

A self-releasing fuser member for an image forming apparatus having a fluoropolymer with fluorocarbon chains bonded to the fluoropolymer via a linking group; a quaternary, tertiary, or secondary carbon atom; and a reactive group. The fluorocarbon chains are oriented nonparallel to the surface of the self-releasing fuser member. Image forming apparatuses having such self-releasing fuser members and methods of making such self-releasing fuser members.

主权项

1. A self-releasing fuser member comprising:
a substrate, and thereover an outer layer polymer matrix having a surface, wherein the outer layer polymer matrix comprises a fluoropolymer and fluorocarbon chains, wherein the fluorocarbon chains are bonded to the fluoropolymer and have a formula (I)
R—CL-Rf)x  (I)wherein x is 2 or x is 3, R is a reactive group, C is a quaternary, tertiary, or secondary carbon atom, each L is independently a linking group, and each Rf is independently a fully fluorinated fluorocarbon chain having from about 1 to about 40 carbon atoms or a semifluorinated fluorocarbon chain containing one or more of an ether, an ester or a silyl ether and having from about 1 to about 40 carbon atoms, wherein R is not