Toner
Toners are provided which may comprise toner particles, a colorant, and optionally, a wax, wherein the toner particles comprise a resin comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxolane monomer and a vinyl co-monomer, wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxane moiety, an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxolane moiety, or both.
1. A toner comprising toner particles, a colorant, and optionally, a wax, wherein the toner particles comprise a resin comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxolane monomer and a vinyl co-monomer, wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is selected from a group consisting of glycerol formal (meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane formal (meth)acrylate, isopropylideneglycerol (meth)acrylate, and combinations thereof.
2. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is glycerol formal (meth)acrylate.
3. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is present in the resin at an amount in a range of from about 1 weight % to about 50 weight %.
4. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the vinyl co-monomer comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate present in the resin at an amount of at least about 15 weight %.
5. The toner of claim 4 , wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is butyl (meth)acrylate.
6. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the reactants comprise two different types of the vinyl co-monomer.
7. The toner of claim 6 , wherein the two different types of the vinyl co-monomer are styrene and an alkyl (meth)acrylate.
8. The toner of claim 7 , wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is butyl (meth)acrylate.
9. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the reactants comprise three different types of the vinyl co-monomer.
10. The toner of claim 9 , wherein the three different types of the vinyl co-monomer are styrene, an alkyl (meth)acrylate, and a vinyl co-monomer comprising a carboxylic acid group.
11. The toner of claim 10 , wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is butyl (meth)acrylate and the vinyl co-monomer comprising the carboxylic acid group is beta-carboxyethyl acrylate.
12. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the toner particles have a volume average particle diameter D 50 of from about 2 μm to 10 μm.
13. A toner comprising toner particles, a colorant, and optionally, a wax, wherein the toner particles comprise a resin comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxolane monomer, a vinyl co-monomer, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate present in the resin at an amount of at least about 15 weight %, wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is selected from a group consisting of glycerol formal (meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane formal (meth)acrylate, isopropylideneglycerol (meth)acrylate, and combinations thereof.
14. The toner of claim 13 , wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is present in the resin at an amount of at least about 20 weight %.
15. The toner of claim 13 , wherein the dioxane/dioxolane monomer is glycerol formal (meth)acrylate.
16. The toner of claim 15 , wherein the vinyl co-monomer is styrene and the alkyl (meth)acrylate is butyl (meth)acrylate.