IP Library Granted Patent US 8,114,212
Granted Patent B2
US 8,114,212 · App. 12/367,212 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Powdery silica composite particles and process for producing the same, silica composite particle dispersion, and resin composition

Assignees: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.; National University Corporation Hirosaki University
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Patent No.
US 8,114,212
App. No.
12/367,212
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Powdery silica composite particles obtained by a surface treatment step of adding acid or alkali to a reactant solution comprising: core silica particles of 5 to 200 nm in average particle size; alkoxysilane; a phosphonium salt ionic liquid represented by general formula (1); wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 respectively represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R 4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 8, and X represents an anionic group; and a reaction solvent such that the alkoxysilane is hydrolyzed, thereby surface-treating the core silica particles.

Claims (28)

1. Powdery silica composite particles comprising silica composite particles obtained by a surface treatment step of adding acid or alkali to a reactant solution comprising:

core silica particles of 5 to 200 nm in average particle size;

alkoxysilane;

a phosphonium salt ionic liquid represented by the following general formula (I):

wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 respectively represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R 4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 8, and X represents an anionic group; and

a reaction solvent such that the alkoxysilane is hydrolyzed, thereby surface-treating the core silica particles;

wherein the silica composite particles comprise the phosphonium salt ionic liquid represented by the general formula (1) at a content of 1% by weight or higher in terms of the P atom.

2. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction solvent is removed by evaporation of the reaction solution.

3. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 2 , wherein the reaction solution is observed to have no precipitates after being centrifuged at an acceleration of 800 G for 30 minutes.

4. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 2 , wherein the reaction solvent is methanol.

5. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphonium salt ionic liquid is represented by general formula (1) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are respectively an n-butyl group, R4 is a methyl group, and n is 3.

6. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the reactant solution further comprises a fluoroalkyl group-containing oligomer represented by general formula (2) or (3):

wherein R 5 and R 6 which may be the same or different represent a —(CF 2 ) p —Y group or —CF(CF 3 )—[OCF 2 CF(CF 3 )] q —OC 3 F 7 group wherein Y represents a hydrogen, fluorine, or chlorine atom, and p and q are respectively an integer of 0 to 10, Z represents a hydroxyl, morpholino, tertiary amino, or secondary amino group, R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 which may be the same or different represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 5 to 1000.

7. A silica composite particle dispersion comprising the powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 dispersed in a dispersion solvent.

8. A silica composite particle dispersion comprising the powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 dispersed in a reaction solution obtained by adding acid or alkali to the reactant solution comprising:

core silica particles of 5 to 200 nm in average particle size;

alkoxysilane;

a phosphonium salt ionic liquid represented by general formula (1):

wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 respectively represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R 4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 8, and X represents an anionic group; and

a reaction solvent, which hydrolyzes the alkoxysilane or which is a diluted solution of the reaction solution.

9. The silica composite particle dispersion according to claim 8 , wherein the reactant solution further comprises a fluoroalkyl group-containing oligomer represented by general formula (2) or (3):

wherein R 5 and R 6 which may be the same or different represent a —(CF 2 ) p —Y group or —CF(CF 3 )—[OCF 2 CF(CF 3 )] q —OC 3 F 7 group wherein Y represents a hydrogen, fluorine, or chlorine atom, and p and q are respectively an integer of 0 to 10, Z represents a hydroxyl, morpholino, tertiary amino, or secondary amino group, R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 which may be the same or different represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 5 to 1000.

10. The silica composite particle dispersion according to claim 8 , wherein the reaction solution is observed to have no precipitates after being centrifuged at an acceleration of 800 G for 30 minutes.

11. The silica composite particle dispersion according to claim 7 , further comprises an ionic liquid.

12. A resin composition comprising the powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 .

13. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the powdery silica composite particles is 5 to 200 nm.

14. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the powdery silica composite particles is 5 to 60 nm.

15. The powdery silica composite particles according to claim 1 , wherein the silica composite particles comprise the phosphonium salt ionic liquid represented by the general formula (1) at a content of 1% to 4% by weight in terms of the P atom.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2009
From: SAWADA, HIDEO; TSUNASHIMA, KATUHIKO; SUGIYA, MASASHI
To: NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-028781 · Feb 8, 2008 · national
JP 2008-211294 · Aug 20, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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