Layered inorganic mineral, toner, and image forming apparatus
A layered inorganic mineral including a surface treated with a fluorine-containing compound, where the layered inoganic mineral that can be favorably used for a toner that is excellent in high charging ability, charging stability, and low temperature fixing ability, and that can exhibits high reliability during cleaning.
1. A toner comprising:
a layered inorganic mineral comprising a surface treated with a fluorine-containing compound, wherein the fluorine-containing compound comprises a fluoroalkyl group.
2. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an electrostatic latent image bearer;
an electrostatic latent image forming unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer; and
a developing unit containing a toner and configured to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearer to form a visible image,
wherein the toner is the toner according to claim 1 .
3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the layered inorganic mineral further comprises ions present between layers of the layered inorganic mineral, wherein at least a portion of the ions is modified with organic ions.
4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing compound is a silane coupling agent.
5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the layered inorganic mineral binds a fluorine compound on the surface by the silane coupling agent.
6. The toner according to claim 4 , wherein the silane coupling agent is represented by Formula (2):
RaSiRb 3 (2),
wherein Ra is a hydrocarbon comprising a fluoromethyl group, the hydrocarbon optionally comprising a functional group, and Rb is a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxyl group.