Abstract:
There is provided a method for producing a zeolite more excellent in moisture absorption characteristics. The method includes physically pulverizing a zeolite that has a gradient of a Na/Si value from a surface of the zeolite in a depth direction, that has a proportion of the Na/Si value at a depth of 10 nm from the surface to the Na/Si value at the surface of 90% or more, and that has a proportion of the Na/Si value at a depth of 30 nm from the surface to the Na/Si value at the surface of 70% or more, the Na/Si value representing a composition ratio between Na and Si, and crystallizing the physically pulverized zeolite.
Abstract:
An optical material is composed of a resin material and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the resin material. Each of the inorganic fine particles has a core and a shell formed so as to cover a part of a surface of the core. The core is formed of an oxide of at least one selected from Si, Ti, Zn, Al, B, Y, Mg, Ba, Ca, Sr, Ni, Cu, In, and Sn. The shell is formed of an oxide of at least one selected from Si, Ti, Zn, Al, B, Y, Mg, Ba, Ca, Sr, Ni, Cu, In, and Sn, which is different from the oxide forming the core. The particle diameter of the oxide forming the shell is smaller than the particle diameter of the oxide forming the core. The shell is formed as crystalline fine particles.
Abstract:
An optical material and a method for producing the optical material, an optical element, and a hybrid optical element are provided. The optical material is composed of a resin material and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the resin material. The inorganic fine particles are fine particles formed of SiO2, and at least a part of a surface of each SiO2 fine particle is SiON obtained by substituting oxygen atoms at the surface with carbon atoms and then substituting the carbon atoms with nitrogen atoms.