ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLES, INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLES

1 . Organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles comprising:

a resin capsule; and

an infrared absorbing particle placed in the resin capsule,

wherein a content of the infrared absorbing particle is 15 mass % or more and 55 mass % or less.

2 . The organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles according to claim 1 , wherein a median diameter is 1 μm or less and a standard deviation is 500 or less, in a particle size distribution based on scattering intensity measured by a dynamic light scattering method.

3 . The organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles according to claim 1 , wherein the resin capsule contains one or more resins selected from polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin, polystyrene resin, polyamide resin, vinyl chloride resin, olefin resin, fluororesin, polyvinyl acetate resin, polyurethane resin, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, polyvinyl acetal resin, acrylonitrile styrene copolymer resin, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin, phenol resin, epoxy resin, melamine resin, urea resin, unsaturated polyester resin, alkyd resin, polyimide resin, and silicone resin.

4 . The organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles according to claim 1 , wherein

the resin capsule contains a photocuring resin, and

the photocuring resin contains a resin that cures by irradiation with any of ultraviolet, visible, or infrared light.

5 . The organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles according to claim 1 ,

wherein the infrared absorbing particle contains one or more oxides selected from a tungsten oxide represented by a general formula W y O z where W is tungsten and O is oxygen and z/y is 2.2 or more and 2.999 or less and a composite tungsten oxide represented by a general formula M x W y O z where an element M is one or more elements selected from H, He, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, P, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, F, Br, and I; x/y is 0.001 or more and 1 or less; and z/y is 2.0 or more and 3.0 or less.

6 . An infrared absorbing particle dispersion comprising:

a medium; and

the organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles according to claim 1 that is placed in the medium.

7 . A method of producing organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles comprising:

preparing a dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium;

evaporating the dispersion medium from the dispersion liquid;

mixing the infrared absorbing particles collected after the evaporating of the dispersion medium, a coating resin material, an organic solvent, an emulsifier, water, and a polymerization initiator, to prepare a raw material mixture;

stirring the raw material mixture while cooling; and

performing, after a deoxygenation process to reduce oxygen content in the raw material mixture, polymerization reaction of the coating resin material,

wherein the polymerization initiator is a cationic polymerization initiator.