WO2011052907A2

WO2011052907A2 - Method for producing titanium dioxide powder having a silica-treated surface

Info

Publication number: WO2011052907A2
Application number: PCT/KR2010/006932
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이성호; 박진관
Original assignee: 주식회사 선진화학
Priority date: 2009-10-30
Filing date: 2010-10-11
Publication date: 2011-05-05
Also published as: KR20110047427A; WO2011052907A3; KR101138235B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for producing titanium dioxide powder having a silica-treated surface. The titanium dioxide powder produced by the method consists of particles, each of which has a diameter larger than 100 nm, and therefore removes concerns about harmful effects on the human body, which have been known as being caused by nanoscale particles. The titanium dioxide powder produced by the method has the ability of blocking ultraviolet rays over a wide range consisting of the ultraviolet A region as well as the ultraviolet B region. Further, the titanium dioxide powder produced by the method is provided with significantly improved feeling of use as compared to conventional nanoscale ultrafine titanium dioxide powder, and therefore can be effectively used in ultraviolet-blocking cosmetics.

Description

Method for preparing titanium dioxide powder treated with silica

The present invention relates to a method for producing a titanium dioxide powder treated with silica, the titanium dioxide powder prepared by the above method is composed of particles having a single particle diameter of more than 100 nm, there is no concern about human body harmfulness of nanoparticles It does not have a wide range of UV-blocking region not only in the ultraviolet B region but also in the ultraviolet A region, and also shows a significantly improved feeling of use, it can be usefully used in cosmetics used for the purpose of blocking the ultraviolet rays.

Nano (nm) -sized ultra-fine titanium dioxide powder has been widely used as a raw material for sunscreen cosmetics due to its high coverage and excellent UV protection and safety. However, the ultrafine titanium dioxide powder used as a conventional cosmetic raw material shows a strong UV blocking ability for the ultraviolet B region, while relatively weak UV blocking ability for the UV A region, and due to nano-particle size There is a constant debate about.

Korean Patent No. 744945 discloses a sunscreen composition containing titanium dioxide and silica sol encapsulated in multiple layers as an active ingredient and a method for preparing the same. However, the above method can grow the average particle size of ultrafine titanium dioxide in micrometers (μm), but it was difficult to control all the diameters of the single particles to more than 100 nm.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention consists of particles having a single particle diameter greater than at least 100 nm, without concern for human hazards, and having a silica surface treatment having a wide range of ultraviolet blocking regions not only in the ultraviolet B region but also in the ultraviolet A region. It is to provide a method for producing titanium dioxide powder.

Another object of the present invention, the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder prepared by the manufacturing method, and a sunscreen composition comprising the same, which shows a significantly improved feeling and UV protection ability compared to conventional nano-sized ultra-fine particle titanium dioxide To provide.

The present invention to achieve the above object,

(1) preparing a reactant by mixing water and alcohols at 5-15 parts by weight and 5-15 parts by weight with respect to 1 part by weight of titanium dioxide powder having a single particle diameter of 15-100 nm;

(2) The silicon alkoxide was added to the prepared reactant in an amount of 0.5-2 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the titanium dioxide to form titanium dioxide surface-treated with silica in the reaction product, and at the same time, the single particle diameter was 100 nm or less. Firstly removing the titanium particles;

(3) liquid phase precipitation of the reactant obtained as a result of step (2), followed by separation of titanium dioxide surface-treated with silica contained in the reactant, and at the same time secondary removal of titanium dioxide particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less; ;

(4) After drying the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of the step (3), and passed through an air flow classifier or a sieve filter to obtain titanium dioxide particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less in the powder Tertiary removal; And

(5) optionally, hydrophobic surface treatment of the silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of step (4)

It provides a method of producing a silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder comprising a.

The present invention also provides a silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder made of particles prepared by the above method, consisting of particles having a single particle diameter of at least 100 nm.

The present invention also provides a sunscreen composition comprising silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared by the above method.

The silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder according to the present invention, unlike the ultrafine nano-sized titanium dioxide, which is used for UV protection in conventional cosmetics, because the particle diameter of the single particles are all more than 100 nm, the human body harmful to nanoparticles There is no concern about it, and also the high sun protection factor (SPF) and protection factor for UVA (PFA) when applying cosmetics can block ultraviolet rays A and B at the same time. In addition, when applied as a cosmetic composition, due to the effect of silica agglomerated in a multilayer on the surface of the titanium dioxide improves the rigid feeling of inherent titanium dioxide exhibits a soft feeling.

1A is a scanning electron microscope photograph of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in Example 2. FIG.

1B is a scanning electron microscope photograph of the titanium dioxide powder used in Comparative Example 1. FIG.

Figure 2a is a graph showing the results of measuring the volume% of all the particles of the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in Example 1.

2b is a graph showing the results of observing the presence or absence of particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less for the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in Example 1. FIG.

Figure 3a is a graph showing the results of measuring the volume% of all the particles of the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in the reference example.

3B is a graph showing the results of observing the presence or absence of particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less for the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in the reference example.

As used herein, the term "powder" refers to a particle group composed of one or more particles. In the present invention, "silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder" is composed of one or more titanium dioxide particles treated with silica. The particle group.

In addition, the term "single particle diameter" as used herein means the measurement of a single particle in the particles of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer (MASTER SIZER 2000, manufactured by Malvern). Mean particle diameter.

As used herein, "alkyl" refers to an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and specific examples thereof include methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, and the like, but are not limited thereto.

The present invention has no concern about human hazards through the process of removing particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less, and has a single particle diameter of more than 100 nm, which has a wide range of UV blocking regions not only in the ultraviolet B region but also in the ultraviolet A region. Titanium dioxide powder is produced.

That is, the manufacturing method according to the present invention

(1) preparing a reactant by mixing 5-15 parts by weight and 5-15 parts by weight of water and alcohols with respect to 1 part by weight of titanium dioxide powder having a single particle diameter of 15-100 nm;

(5) Optionally, hydrophobic surface treatment of the silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of step (4).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.

(1) reactant preparation

This step is to prepare a reactant by mixing nano-sized titanium dioxide powder with water and alcohols.

The nano-sized titanium dioxide may be used as an inorganic UV blocking raw material, a conventional titanium dioxide used in the art for UV protection, preferably a particle size of a single particle of 15-100 nm, preferably 20-50 use nm.

The water may be stable water, distilled water and the like when applied to the human skin.

The alcohol may be a low alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, preferably ethanol, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, and the like.

When the nano-sized titanium dioxide powder is mixed with water and alcohol, it is important to adjust the addition ratio together with the silicon alkoxide added in the subsequent step. Preferably, 5-15 parts by weight and 5-15 parts by weight of water and alcohol are used per 1 part by weight of the nano-sized titanium dioxide, more preferably 10 parts by weight and 12 parts by weight, respectively. good.

The reason why the mixing ratio is important when preparing the reactants as described above is that, when the concentration of water and alcohol is appropriate, silica particles in short distribution can be obtained when silica particles are produced through hydrolysis of silicon alkoxide in a subsequent process, and as a result, This is because the silica particles are evenly surface-treated in multiple layers for each nano-sized titanium dioxide particle, which is an important parameter for removing particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less.

(2) Primary removal of particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less through multilayer surface treatment of silica particles on titanium dioxide

In this step, the silicon alkoxide is added to the reactant of step (1) to hydrolyze the silicon alkoxide, so that the resultant silica particles are multi-coated on the surface of the titanium dioxide particles, so that the single particle diameter is increased. It is the step of removing the titanium dioxide particle which is 100 nm or less primarily.

Specifically, when the basic catalyst and the silicon alkoxide are added to the reactant, silica particles are generated by the hydrolysis reaction, and the silica particles are evenly surface-treated in a multilayer on nano-sized titanium dioxide.

As the silicon alkoxide, tetramethoxysilane (TMOS), tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), or the like may be used, and a commercially available basic colloidal silica sol may also be used.

The silicon alkoxide is preferably used in an amount of 0.5-2 parts by weight, and more preferably 1 part by weight, based on 1 part by weight of the nano-sized titanium dioxide.

The basic catalyst for promoting hydrolysis of the silicon alkoxide is not particularly limited as long as it shows basicity. Preferably, hydroxides of alkali metals such as NaOH and KOH, NH ₄ OH and the like can be used.

The basic catalyst is preferably used in an amount such that the pH in the reactants is 9-11, preferably 10.

Although the silicon alkoxide injection method is not particularly limited, it is preferable to use an aerosol, a dropping method, or the like in that the silicon alkoxide injection rate is appropriately adjusted to obtain a short distribution of silica particles.

The faster the silicon alkoxide injection rate is, the lower the induction time of the silica particles is. As a result, the concentration of the silicon alkoxide which cannot be converted into silica in the reactant increases, making it difficult to obtain silica particles having a short distribution. Therefore, the addition of the silicon alkoxide should be made over a long time, preferably it is added over a period of 1 to 4 hours at a rate of 0.4 to 1% by weight relative to 100% by weight of the total amount of silicon alkoxide.

(3) Secondary removal of particles of titanium dioxide with a particle diameter of 100 nm or less through liquid phase precipitation and separation

This step is to remove the particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less in the reactant by separating the reactants obtained as a result of step (2) in a liquid phase and then separating them.

Specifically, the reactant obtained as a result of the step (2) is in the form of a slurry and left to stand for 1 hour or more at a temperature of room temperature -40 ℃ to separate the liquid phase and slurry in the reactant. The liquid phase at the top of the layered reactants is separated and removed, and only the slurry of the lower layer is collected, the collected slurry is dispersed again in water and left to stand for 1 hour or more to separate the layers, followed by liquid phase precipitation and separation process of collecting only the slurry of the lower layer. By carrying out repeatedly, particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less in the reactant can be removed, and as a result, titanium dioxide powder treated with silica can be obtained. At this time, the liquid phase precipitation and separation process is preferably repeated 3-5 times.

(4) Tertiary removal of particles with a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less using an air flow classifier or a sieve filter

In this step, the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder obtained in step (3) is dried, and then passed through an air flow classifier or a sieve filter to obtain titanium dioxide particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less. It is a step to remove.

Specifically, the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of step (3) was dried to 80% by weight or less using a vacuum dryer or the like of 80-120 ℃, and then dried The powder is passed through an air classifier or a sieve filter to collect only powder having a particle size of over size, for example, micrometers (μm), thereby terminating the single particle diameter contained in the powder by 100. Remove particles below nm. At this time, the powder supplied to the air classifier is preferably supplied at a speed of 8,000-11,000 rpm.

(5) Surface treatment for imparting hydrophobicity

In this step, the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of the above step (4) is substituted with alkylsilanes and aminosilanes having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in order to make the silica-treated titanium dioxide powder lipophilic and have a smooth feeling. Silane compounds such as these; Silicone oils such as dimethicone and methicone; Or a surface treatment with one or more surface treatment compounds such as fatty acids such as stearic acid.

In detail, the surface treatment compound is preferably surface treated at 0.5-20% by weight based on the total weight of the silica surface treated titanium dioxide.

The silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder produced by the above production method has a single particle diameter of more than 100 nm, preferably 300 nm or more and 10 μm or less . Accordingly, there is no concern about the harmfulness of the nanoparticles, and it has a wide range of UV blocking regions not only in the ultraviolet B region but also in the ultraviolet A region, and also shows a significantly improved feeling compared to the conventional nano-sized ultrafine titanium dioxide, and thus, the present invention. According to the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide can be usefully used for the purpose of UV protection, for example can be used in cosmetics.

Accordingly, the present invention also provides a sunscreen composition comprising silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared by the above method.

In this case, when the sunscreen composition is used as a cosmetic, the silica surface treatment titanium dioxide is the total weight of the sunscreen composition in consideration of the sunscreen effect, skin irritation, miscibility with other sunscreen components and formulation formability, etc. It is preferably included in 0.1-20% by weight relative to.

In addition, the sunscreen composition may include components commonly used in cosmetic compositions such as antioxidants, stabilizers, solubilizers, pigments, fragrances in addition to silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder.

Hereinafter, preferred examples are provided to help understanding of the present invention, but the following examples are merely to illustrate the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

After putting 850 g of distilled water and 1,000 g of ethanol in a 5,000 ml beaker, 85 g of titanium dioxide (X205, manufactured by KEMIRA) having an average particle diameter of 20 nm as an inorganic UV-protective material was added and suspended at 20 ° C. Stirred sufficiently at 300 rpm until it became.

Ammonia (NH ₄ OH) was added until the pH of the suspension reached 10.0, followed by stirring at a speed of 300 rpm for 1 hour to maintain the suspension. Thereafter, 42.5 g of tetraethoxysilane was added dropwise at a rate of 0.35 g / min over about 2 hours while stirring at a speed of 300 rpm. After the addition of the tetraethoxysilane was completed, the temperature of the reactant was raised to 60 ° C. or more and hydrolyzed for 1 hour or more to produce titanium dioxide in which the silica particles were surface-treated in multiple layers, and the single particle diameter was 100 nm or less. Titanium dioxide particles were first removed.

The resultant reactant was cooled to 40 ° C. or lower, allowed to stand for at least 1 hour, and then all liquid phases of the upper layer in the reactant were removed, and only the slurry precipitated in the lower layer was collected. The collected slurry was dispersed in 3,000 g of water, and then allowed to stand for at least 1 hour, and only the lower slurry was separated and collected. By repeating the liquid precipitation and separation processes three times, titanium dioxide powder having a silica surface treatment was obtained, and titanium dioxide particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less were secondarily removed.

Subsequently, the obtained silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder was dried to a moisture content of 2.0% or less using a vacuum dryer at 105 ° C., and then the dried powder was operated at a speed of 10,000 rpm in an air flow classifier. By passing through, only oversized particles having a particle diameter of 500 nm or more were collected, and titanium dioxide particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less were tertiarily removed.

As a result of checking the% of each particle of the prepared silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder by using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer, it was confirmed that the size of each single particle was more than 100 nm.

In Example 1, 5 g of triethoxysilane was added to the resultant reactant after the third removal process for particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less, and reacted at 100 ° C. for 2 hours to give hydrophobicity. Titanium dioxide powder surface-treated with silica and triethoxysilane was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for further performing.

20.0% by weight of titanium dioxide powder surface treated silica in Example 2, 3.0% by weight of zinc stearate, alkylsilane surface treated mica (SUNMICA-AS, manufactured by Sunjin Chemical Co., Ltd.) 15.0% by weight, alkylsilane surface treated sericite (SUNSERI-AS, manufactured by Sunjin Chemical Co., Ltd.) 13.0% by weight, alkylsilane surface-treated talc (SUNTALC-AS, manufactured by Sunjin Chemical Co., Ltd.) 44.0% by weight, and 1,3-butylene glycol 5.0% by weight To prepare a cosmetic.

Reference Example

In Example 1, the second removal and the third removal of the resultant reactants after the first removal process for particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less are omitted, and the inside of the powder is immediately dried using a vacuum dryer at 105 ° C. Drying the water content to 2.0% or less to prepare a silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder.

Comparative Example 1

In Example 3, instead of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in Example 2, titanium dioxide powder (M195, manufactured by KEMIRA), surface-treated with silica and methicone used in conventional cosmetics ( A single particle average diameter: 15 nm) was prepared in the same manner as in Example 3, except that a cosmetic was prepared.

Comparative Example 2

In Example 3, instead of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder prepared in Example 2, titanium dioxide powder surface-treated with stearic acid and alumina used in conventional cosmetics (MT100TV, manufactured by TAYCA) A cosmetic was prepared in the same manner as in Example 3, except that the average particle diameter of the single particles was 15 nm).

The single particle diameters of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder in Example 2 and the titanium dioxide powder surface-treated with silica and methicone in Comparative Example 1 were compared using a scanning electron microscope. The results are shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder of Example 2 according to the present invention is a single particle having a diameter of 100 nm or less due to removal of particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less of a single particle over three orders of magnitude. Was not observed. On the contrary, as shown in FIG. 1B, the titanium dioxide powder surface-treated with silica and methicone according to Comparative Example 1 confirmed that each single particle had a diameter of 100 nm or less (average diameter of single particle: 15 nm). Could.

Particle size analysis was carried out using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer (LASER Particle Size Analyser, manufactured by MALVERN) on silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder prepared according to Example 1 and Reference Example, and the total particle size and single particle size were measured. Each was measured. At this time, the size of the whole particles was measured in volume% (volume%), and in order to confirm the existence of a single particle of 100 nm or less, it is not the volume% but the number (number%) representing the actual number of particles. Measured. The results are shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B and 3A and 3B, respectively.

As shown in Figure 2a and 2b, the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder of Example 1 according to the present invention is removed by the removal of particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less of a single particle over three times, by volume percent and No particles with a diameter of less than 100 nm were observed in both the% measurement of single particles. In contrast, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, in the case of the titanium dioxide powder treated with silica according to the reference example, in the volume% measurement of the whole particles, particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less were detected about 5% of the total particle volume%. In the% measurement of single particles, about 85% of single particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less were observed.

Using the optical device measuring device (Optometrics 290, Optoometrics, Inc.) with respect to the cosmetics prepared in Examples 3 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the SPF, which is the degree of blocking the ultraviolet light B, and the PFA, which is the degree of blocking the ultraviolet light A, were 8 The measurement was repeated at times and the average value was shown. From this the higher SPF and PFA per gram of titanium dioxide used were calculated.

In addition, for the cosmetics prepared in Example 3 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the skin texture (softness), skin adhesion and the like were evaluated twice in a 10-point scale method and the average value was shown for 20 panelists. . In this case, the larger the evaluation value, the better the skin feel and skin adhesion. The results are shown in Table 1.

Table 1

division		Example 3	Comparative Example 1	Comparative Example 2
SPF	medium	29.91	27.77	26.25
SPF	SPF / g	1.50	1.39	1.31
PFA	medium	18.38	11.80	13.56
PFA	PFA / g	0.92	0.59	0.63
Feeling	1 time	9.0	7.0	5.0
	Episode 2	8.0	6.5	6.5
	medium	8.5	6.8	5.8

As shown in Table 1, the cosmetic composition of Example 3 according to the present invention exhibited about 10% or more higher SPF / g and 30 to 40% higher PFA / g compared to Comparative Examples 1 and 2. From these results, cosmetics containing the titanium surface-treated titanium dioxide powder according to the present invention in the ultraviolet B region and the ultraviolet A region as compared to the cosmetics containing ultrafine titanium dioxide having a diameter of 10-100 nm of conventional single particles. It can be seen that the UV blocking effect is excellent.

In addition, the results of the sensory evaluation, the cosmetic of Example 3 according to the present invention showed a very good feeling compared to Comparative Examples 1 and 2.

Claims

(1) preparing a reactant by mixing 5-15 parts by weight and 5-15 parts by weight of water and alcohols with respect to 1 part by weight of titanium dioxide powder having a single particle diameter of 15-100 nm;

(2) The silicon alkoxide was added to the prepared reactant in an amount of 0.5-2 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the titanium dioxide to form titanium dioxide surface-treated with silica in the reaction product, and at the same time, the single particle diameter was 100 nm or less. Firstly removing the titanium particles;

(3) liquid phase precipitation of the reactant obtained as a result of step (2), followed by separation of titanium dioxide surface-treated with silica contained in the reactant, and at the same time secondary removal of titanium dioxide particles having a single particle diameter of 100 nm or less; ; And

(4) After drying the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of the step (3), and passed through an air flow classifier or a sieve filter to obtain titanium dioxide particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less in the powder Tertiary removal;

Method for producing a silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

After the above step (4)

(5) A method for producing silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder, further comprising hydrophobic surface treatment of the silica surface treated titanium dioxide powder obtained as a result of step (4).
The method of claim 1,

In the step (2), the silicon alkoxide is selected from the group consisting of tetramethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane and mixtures thereof.
The method of claim 1,

In the step (2), the silicon alkoxide is a silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder, characterized in that the input over a period of 1 to 4 hours at a rate of 0.4 to 1% by weight based on 100% by weight of the total amount of silicon alkoxide.
The method of claim 1,

Method for producing a silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder, characterized in that the step of (2) the silicon alkoxide addition process is carried out by aerosol or dropping method.
The method of claim 1,

The process of step (2) is a method for producing silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder, characterized in that carried out in the presence of a basic catalyst selected from the group consisting of hydroxides of alkali metals, NH 4 OH and mixtures thereof.
The method of claim 1,

Method of producing a titanium surface-treated titanium dioxide powder, characterized in that the drying step in the step (4) is carried out until the water content in the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder is less than 2.0%.
The method of claim 2,

The hydrophobic treatment step in the step (5) is carried out by subjecting the silica surface treatment titanium dioxide powder to a surface treatment compound from the group consisting of silane compounds, silicone oils, fatty acids and mixtures thereof. Method for preparing titanium dioxide powder treated with silica.
The method of claim 8,

The surface treatment compound is a method for producing a silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder, characterized in that the surface treatment is 0.5-20% by weight relative to the total weight of the silica surface-treated titanium dioxide.
Silica surface-treated titanium dioxide powder consisting of particles having a single particle diameter of at least 100 nm, characterized by the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
A cosmetic composition having a sunscreen function comprising a titanium surface-treated titanium dioxide powder prepared by the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.