Zeon Corporation

Nozomi Yabuki

Takashi Iga

Takeshi Hirata

Taichi Sawaguchi

Shinsuke Miyazawa

Satoshi Adachi

Adachi Satoshi

Sawaguchi Taichi

Miyazawa Shinsuke

The method for producing hollow resin particles includes: carrying out a suspension treatment of a mixture liquid including a polymerizable monomer including a non-crosslinkable monomer and a crosslinkable monomer, a hydrocarbon solvent and an aqueous medium to prepare a suspension, carrying out a polymerization reaction of the suspension to form precursor particles having a hollow portion and including the hydrocarbon solvent in the hollow portion, and removing the hydrocarbon solvent included in the precursor particles to produce hollow resin particles. A content of the crosslinkable monomer is from 35 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass when the total mass of the polymerizable monomer is regarded as 100 parts by mass; a solubility parameter (SP value) of the polymerizable monomer is from 8.70 to 9.42; and a difference between the SP value of the polymerizable monomer and a SP value of the hydrocarbon solvent is 0.60 or more.

Method for producing hollow resin particles

Provided is hollow resin particles having higher compressive strength and more excellent heat insulating properties and heat resistance than before. The hollow resin particles each having one or two or more hollow portions, wherein a number average particle diameter is from 0.1 μm to 9.0 μm, a void ratio is from 70% to 99%, and an amount of the volatile organic compound contained is 5% by mass or less.

Hollow resin particles and sheet

Provided is a method for producing a latex comprising hollow resin particles each with a high void ratio and a method for producing hollow resin particles each with a higher void ratio. In the method for producing the latex: a suspension treatment of the mixture liquid which comprises a monomer, a crosslinkable monomer, an oil-soluble polymerization initiator, a fat/fatty oil, a hydrocarbon solvent, a suspension stabilizer and an aqueous medium is carried out to prepare a suspension comprising monomer drops; a polymerization reaction of the suspension is carried out to prepare a precursor composition which comprises precursor particles each having a hollow portion including the hydrocarbon solvent.

Method for producing latex and method for producing hollow resin particles

Provided are hollow particles which are more excellent in heat resistance and dispersibility than ever before and which are lightweight. The hollow particles containing hollow resin particles having a surface covered with inorganic fine particles, wherein a volume average particle diameter of the hollow particles is from 0.1 &#x3bc;m to 9.0 &#x3bc;m, and a void ratio thereof is from 55% to 95%; wherein a repeating unit constituting the resin of the hollow resin particles contains a crosslinkable monomer unit, and a content of the crosslinkable monomer unit is from 25 to 100 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin; wherein a primary particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles is from 10 nm to 120 nm; and wherein the inorganic fine particles are contained at from 5 to 180 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the hollow resin particles.

Inorganic nanoparticle-coated hollow particles, method for producing the same, and aqueous dispersion containing the hollow particles

A medicine container which absorbs very little protein over time is manufactured using a resin composition including 50 to 99 wt % of a norbornene-based polymer, and 1 to 50 wt % of a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a content of a low-molecular-weight component having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or less in the resin composition being 3 wt % or less.

Resin composition and medical drug container using same

The magenta toner for developing electrostatic images includes colored resin particles containing a binder resin and a magenta colorant, and an external additive. A volume average particle diameter of the colored resin particles is from 5.5 &#x3bc;m to 7.0 &#x3bc;m. The external additive contains silica particles. The silica particles contain at least silica particles A having a number average particle diameter of from 5 nm to 30 nm and silica particles B having a number average particle diameter of from 31 nm to 100 nm; wherein a total content of the silica particles is from 0.5 part by mass to 4.5 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the colored resin particles. A liberation rate of the silica particles calculated by a specific liberation rate measuring method is in a range of from 2.2% to 9.5%.

Magenta toner for developing electrostatic images

The present invention is a resin composition comprising a cycloolefin resin and at least two hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomers, wherein a content of the cycloolefin resin is 50 to 90 wt % based on a total amount of the cycloolefin resin and the hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomers, and a melt volume rate of the resin composition at 260&#xb0; C. is higher than that of the cycloolefin resin at 260&#xb0; C., and a resin formed article. One aspect of the invention provides a resin composition that exhibits excellent transparency, impact resistance and melt fluidity, as well as a resin formed article obtained by forming this resin composition. The resin formed article of the present invention is preferably used as a drug container, a medical instrument or the like, since it exhibits excellent transparency and impact resistance.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nozomi Yabuki