Material for acoustic matching layer, acoustic matching sheet, acoustic wave probe, ultrasound probe, acoustic wave measurement apparatus, ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and method for manufacturing acoustic wave probe
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Hamada, Yoshihiro Nakai, Daisuke Hayashi
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Abstract
A material for an acoustic matching layer contains the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; and (C) surface-treated tungsten carbide particles subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent including at least one of an aminosilane compound, a mercaptosilane compound, an isocyanatosilane compound, a thiocyanatosilane compound, an aluminum alkoxide compound, a zirconium alkoxide compound, or a titanium alkoxide compound.
Claims20
A material for an acoustic matching layer, comprising the following components (A), (B), and (C):
- (A) an epoxy resin;
- (B) a curing agent;
- and
- (C) surface-treated tungsten carbide particles subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent including at least one of an aminosilane compound, a mercaptosilane compound, an isocyanatosilane compound, a thiocyanatosilane compound, an aluminum alkoxide compound including at least one of an acetonato structure or an acetato structure, a zirconium alkoxide compound, or a titanium alkoxide compound.
A material for an acoustic matching layer, comprising the following components (A), (B), and (C):
- (A) an epoxy resin;
- (B) a curing agent;
- and
- (C) surface-treated tungsten carbide particles subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent including a zirconium alkoxide compound,
- wherein the zirconium alkoxide compound includes at least one compound represented by General Formula (2),
- R1bm2-Zr—(OR2b)4-m2 General Formula (2):
- where R1b represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group, an aryl group, or an unsaturated aliphatic group,
- R2b represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a phosphonate group, or —SO2RS2,
- RS2 represents a substituent, and
- m2 is an integer of 0 to 3.
A material for an acoustic matching layer, comprising the following components (A), (B), and (C):
- (A) an epoxy resin;
- (B) a curing agent;
- and
- (C) surface-treated tungsten carbide particles subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent including a titanium alkoxide compound,
- wherein the titanium alkoxide compound includes at least one compound represented by General Formula (3),
- R1cm3-Ti—(OR2c)4-m3 General Formula (3):
- where R1c represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group, an aryl group, or an unsaturated aliphatic group,
- R2c represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a phosphonate group, or —SO2RS3,
- RS3 represents a substituent, and
- m3 is an integer of 0 to 3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.