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In this chapter, applications of analytical methods using SPM to improve the electrophotographic processes used in laser printers, copy machines and so on are described from an industrial viewpoint. Many components for the processes work in a well-controlled manner with macromolecules in high electric field under pressure at high temperature. The achievable print quality and reliability crucially depend on their properties on a microscale or nanoscale. It is noted that the cross-sectional phase imaging by AFM is very powerful to evaluate the compositions and interfacial structures of toner particles on the components as well as charging states and adhesive force.
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Kadota, Y. (2008). Applications to Nano-Dispersion Macromolecule Material Evaluation in an Electrophotographic Printer. In: Bhushan, B., Tomitori, M., Fuchs, H. (eds) Applied Scanning Probe Methods X. Nano Science and Technolgy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74085-8_11
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