Composite resinous material particles and process for producing same
AssigneeTaiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
InventorsTakeru Yajima, Hidetoshi Ohta, Norihiro Nose
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Abstract
A composite resin material particle of the present invention includes: a resin material particle that is a material for producing a resin molding product; and a conductive nano-material, wherein a dispersion mixing layer, which is obtained by dispersedly mixing the conductive nano-material from the surface to the inside of the resin material particle, is formed over all of the surface or at least a part of the surface of the resin material particle, the conductive nano-material is dispersedly mixed within a resin material of the resin material particle in the dispersion mixing layer, and the whole of the dispersion mixing layer forms a conductive layer.
Claims21
A composite resin material particle which is formed by a resin material particle that is a material for producing a resin molding product and a conductive nano-material, comprising:
- a resin-only region that is solely composed of a resin material of the resin material particle;
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- a dispersion mixing layer which is obtained by dispersedly mixing the conductive nano-material from a surface of the resin material particle to an inside of the resin material particle, wherein
- the resin-only region is present in the inside of the composite resin material particle and 60% or higher of a surface of the resin-only region is enclosed by the dispersion mixing layer,
- the dispersion mixing layer is formed over all of the surface or at least a part of the surface of the resin-only region,
- the conductive nano-material is dispersedly mixed within the resin material of the resin material particle in the dispersion mixing layer,
- the dispersion mixing layer forms a conductive layer,
- the mixed thickness of the dispersion mixing layer is from 0.1 μm to 1 μm,
- the conductive nano-material within the dispersion mixing layer has a shape with an outer diameter of 150 nm or smaller and a length of 500 nm or longer,
- the dispersion mixing layer includes a conductive net that is composed of the conductive nano-materials,
- the resin material is polytetrafluoroethylene, and
- the conductive nano-material is one or more selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube, a carbon nanofiber, a carbon nanocoil, a carbon nanotwist, a carbon nanohorn, a metal nanoplate, a metal nanorod, and a metal nanowire.
A production method of a composite resin material particle, comprising:
- filling at least a resin material particle, a conductive nano-material, a solvent for propagating ultrasonic waves, and liquid carbon dioxide, into a pressure vessel;
- holding the inside of the pressure vessel at a temperature and a pressure which can keep the liquid carbon dioxide in a subcritical or supercritical state;
- dispersedly mixing the conductive nano-material from a surface of the resin material particle to an inside of the resin material particle by using ultrasonic waves;
- thereafter evaporating the liquid carbon dioxide by reducing the pressure;
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- further volatilizing the solvent either concurrently or with time lag, to obtain the composite resin material particle comprising:
- a resin-only region that is solely composed of a resin material of the resin material particle;
- and a dispersion mixing layer which is obtained by dispersedly mixing the conductive nano-material from the surface of the resin material particle to the inside of the resin material particle, wherein
- the resin-only region is present in the inside of the composite resin material particle and 60% or higher of a surface of the resin-only region is enclosed by the dispersion mixing layer,
- the mixed thickness of the dispersion mixing layer is from 0.1 μm to 1 μm,
- the conductive nano-material within the dispersion mixing layer has a shape with an outer diameter of 150 nm or smaller and a length of 500 nm or longer,
- the dispersion mixing layer includes a conductive net that is composed of the conductive nano-materials,
- the resin material is polytetrafluoroethylene, and
- the conductive nano-material is one or more selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube, a carbon nanofiber, a carbon nanocoil, a carbon nanotwist, a carbon nanohorn, a metal nanoplate, a metal nanorod, and a metal nanowire.
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