A method of forming persistent micelles is described. Particularly, methods disclosed herein include dissolving a block copolymer in a first solvent to form a dispersion containing unimers or dynamic micelles. Further, a method includes contacting the dispersion with a second solvent forming the persistent micelles. The persistent micelles formed by the method of the present disclosure can be used for controlled delivery of dispersions in organic electronic coatings, paint, or drug delivery applications and can also be used to control the pore size of films that include an oxide, a nitride, a carbide, a metal, or a carbon material.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided are hollow particles which have a wall portion containing polyurethane or polyurea, have an internal porous structure, and have a plurality of opening spaces blocked by the wall portion in an outermost portion of the porous structure, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a pore forming material, particles for cosmetics, and a weight reducing material.

Provided is a hollow resin particle that can reduce the dielectricity and dielectric loss tangent of a resin layer by introducing an empty area thereinto, and can be obtained by forming a hollow portion in a simple manner. Also provided is a method of producing such hollow resin particle in a simple manner. A hollow resin particle according to an embodiment of the present invention is a hollow resin particle including a shell portion and a hollow portion surrounded by the shell portion, wherein the shell portion contains an aromatic polymer (P1) obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing an aromatic crosslinkable monomer (a), an aromatic monofunctional monomer (b), and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based monomer (c) having a specific structure.

Consumer products that include treatment adjuncts and delivery particles having certain sizes, certain monomers (for example, multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers), and certain core:wall polymer weight ratios. Methods related to the use and manufacture of such compositions, including methods of treating a surface, such as a fabric.

A method of making a population of capsules, the capsules can include a core including a benefit agent and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell can include a first shell component.

Populations of benefit agent delivery particles are disclosed, the particles having a core and a shell encapsulating the core, the shell comprising certain multifunctional (meth)acrylate-based polymers, along with processes for making and uses of such compositions. The delivery particle has a core to polymer wall ratio by weight from about 96:4 to about 99.5 to 0.5 and a volume-weighted particle size from about 30 to about 50 microns. The compositions deliver core content with a desired delivery profile, such as fragrance delivery at desired touchpoints with higher efficiency. The delivery particle has high pay load, yet exhibits decreased benefit agent leakage, and provides a desired delivery profile.

The invention relates to [1] an aqueous microcapsule dispersion containing a component (A): microcapsules each having a shell and a core containing at least one organic compound inside the shell, and a component (B): a surfactant containing a quaternary ammonium salt compound represented by the general formula (1), wherein the ratio by mass of the content of the component (A) to the content of the component (B) [component (A)/component (B)] is 0.1 or more and 20 or less, and [2] a dispersant for microcapsules, containing a surfactant that contains a quaternary ammonium salt compound represented by the general formula (1).

Heat-expandable microspheres which have a blowing agent encapsulated efficiently therein so as to prevent the blowing agent from escaping out of the microspheres during storage at high temperature, a process for producing the same, and applications thereof. The process for producing heat-expandable microspheres containing a thermoplastic resin shell and a thermally vaporizable blowing agent encapsulated therein includes preparing an aqueous suspension in which oil droplets of an oily mixture containing the blowing agent and a polymerizable component are dispersed in an aqueous dispersion medium and fine particles of an inorganic compound and a monomer (A) and/or a monomer (B) described below are contained in the aqueous dispersion medium; and polymerizing the polymerizable component, wherein Monomer (A): Polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a total sulfuric acid value ranging from more than 0% to 35%; and Monomer (B): Polymerizable unsaturated monomer with a total phosphoric acid ranging from more than 0% to 50%.

A method for producing a hollow fine particulate containing a fluorine-containing resin and having a large average particle size. The method includes dispersing a solution containing a fluorine-containing monomer, a phase separation promoter, and a non-polymerizable solvent into water to provide a dispersion, and polymerizing the fluorine-containing monomer to provide a hollow fine particulate containing a fluorine-containing resin.

This invention refers to a paint composition with prolonged release biocides to repel, reduce, and control insects, characterized by: a) A cbp vehicle, preferably a water-based acrylic vinyl paint; b) At least one pyrethroid biocide or its mixture, selected from: b1) microencapsulated deltamethrin as an active ingredient; b2) microencapsulated cypermethrin as an active ingredient; Where said pyrethroid biocides are activated or catalyzed through (PBO) piperonyl butoxide, and Wherein said microcapsules of the active ingredients are obtained through a microencapsulation process by interfacial polymerization, and/or a microencapsulation by ionic gelation process, for a prolonged release with regards to the biocidal active ingredients' interval.