Organic-inorganic composite particles

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to improve the water dispersibility of the PVA-based resin and also to suppress the swelling of the PVA-based resin. The object is achieved by organic-inorganic composite particles, which have an average particle size of preferably 1 μm to 3,000 μm, including a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and a component having a three-dimensional siloxane crosslinked structure that is derived from a hydrolysis-polycondensation product of an alkoxysilane and/or a low condensate thereof, wherein the alkoxysilane includes a T unit and/or a Q unit as a structural unit (s), and a Si content with respect to a total weight of the composite particles is 0.1 wt % or more and 23 wt % or less in terms of SiO2.

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