Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Mesoporous silica particles and production process thereof
A process for wet pulverizing mesoporous silica particles while a surfactant exists in mesopores, and mesoporous silica particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less, wherein the volume of mesopores having a diameter of 2 to 50 nm is 0.7 mL/g or more and the geometric standard deviation of a mesopore distribution is 2.0 or less. Mesoporous silica particles having a particle diameter in a submicron order can be obtained at a high yield without causing the marked collapse of mesopores and can be produced efficiently by using an ordinary pulverizer and safely by using an aqueous medium. The mesoporous silica particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less are useful as an ink absorbent for ink jet recording paper, low-dielectric film, catalyst support, separating agent, adsorbent and medical carrier for medicines.
Tokuyama Corporation
B C
B41M C01B
inventional inventional
Kentaro Hiroya Kenji
Fukuda Yamashita Fukunaga