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Organic-inorganic composite particles and production process therefor
Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-11-15
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Granted: 1996-04-02
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Expires: 2014-11-15
Abstract
Abstract Organic-inorganic composite particles which include a (meth)acrylic resin framework and a polysiloxane framework having in its molecule an organosilicon containing a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of the (meth)acrylic resin framework, and also contain 25 wt % or more of SiO 2 which constitutes the polysiloxane framework and have a mean particle diameter of ≧0.5 μm. The particles have the mechanical resilience necessary to maintain a constant gap distance between a pair of members to be arranged with the correct gap distance between them, and the hardness and fracture strength necessary to maintain the gap constant with smaller numbers; and also do not readily cause physical damage to the members. The composite particles can be employed as spacers 8 for a liquid crystal display as they stand or, with an adhesive layer formed on the surface. The composite particles can also have a conductive layer formed on the surface, and be employed as conductive particles.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhiro Sakai
- 👤 Tadahiro Yoneda
- 👤 Shigefumi Kuramoto
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 09:26
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1339; G02F1/13392; C; C09; C09K; C09K2323/00; C09K2323/05; C09K2323/053; G02F1/13398; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle, which comprises a particle body having an elastic modulus of 350-3000 kg/mm 2 in 10% compression, a residual displacement of 0-5% after 10% deformation, a mean particle diameter of 0.5-50 μm and a coefficient of variation of 20% or less in particle diameter, said particle body including: an organic group; and a polysiloxane framework which has in its molecule an organosilicon containing a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of said organic group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle, which comprises a particle body having an elastic modulus of 350-3000 kg/mm 2 in 10% compression, a residual displacement of 0-5% after 10% deformation, a mean particle diameter of 0.5-50 μm and a coefficient of variation of 20% or less in particle diameter, said particle body including: an organic group; and a polysiloxane framework which has in its molecule an organosilicon containing a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of said organic group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organic group is at least one monovalent group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups of 1-10 carbon atoms, aryl groups of 6-10 carbon atoms and unsaturated aliphatic residual group of 2-14 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises a conductive layer formed on a surface of said particle body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises an adhesive layer formed on a surface of said particle body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 1, which is colored by including in said particle body at least one selected from the group consisting of dyes and pigments.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle, which comprises a particle body having a mean particle diameter of ≧0.5 μm and including: an organic polymer framework; and a polysiloxane framework which has in its molecule an organosilicon containing a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of said polymer framework, wherein the quantity of SiO 2 which constitutes said polysiloxane framework is ≧25 wt %.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle, which comprises a particle body having a mean particle diameter of ≧0.5 μm and including: an organic polymer framework; and a polysiloxane framework which has in its molecule an organosilicon containing a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of said polymer framework, wherein the quantity of SiO 2 which constitutes said polysiloxane framework is ≧25 wt %.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 6, wherein: said particle body further includes an organic group; and said polysiloxane framework has a silicon atom directly and chemically combined with at least one carbon atom of said organic group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 7, wherein said organic group is at least one monovalent group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups of 1-10 carbon atoms, aryl groups of 6-10 carbon atoms and unsaturated aliphatic residual groups of 2-14 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent group.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 6, wherein said particle body further has a fracture strength satisfying the following equation: G≧14×Y.sup.1.75 where: G indicates a fracture strength (kg); and Y indicates a particle diameter (mm).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 9, wherein said particle body has an elastic modulus of 350-3000 kg/mm 2 in 10% compression, a residual displacement after 10% deformation of 0-5%, a mean particle diameter of 0.5-50 μm and a coefficient of variation of mean particle diameter of ≦20%.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises a conductive layer formed on a surface of said particle body.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises an adhesive layer formed on a surface of said particle body.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
An organic-inorganic composite particle as claimed in claim 9, which is colored by including in said particle body at least one selected from the group consisting of dyes and pigments.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The organic-inorganic composite particle of claim 1, wherein said particle is a calcined particle produced by heating said particle body at a temperature of 100° C. to 1000° C.
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