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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Tomonori Kawakami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsuo Hiramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tokio Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A production apparatus which includes: a treatment chamber, containing a to-be-treated liquid, made up of water, which is a solvent, and raw material particles of a substance; a laser light source, illuminating laser light for microparticulation onto the to-be-treated liquid; an ultrasonic transducer, irradiating ultrasonic waves for preventing aggregation of microparticles; and a controlling device, controlling the laser light illumination by the laser light source and the ultrasonic wave irradiation by the ultrasonic transducer. A vibration amplitude of the treatment chamber is monitored by means of a microphone and a vibration amplitude measuring device to set the frequency of the ultrasonic waves to a resonance vibration frequency. A microparticle production method and production apparatus that enable substances to be microparticulated efficiently by photo-pulverization, and microparticles are thus realized.