| abstract |
A method of producing uniform inorganic microspheres with a particle size of 0.01 to 500 μm by injecting an aqueous solution containing a particle-forming material into an organic solvent. The method includes injecting the aqueous solution into the organic solvent through a macromolecular membrane having a hydrophobic surface and having pores substantially uniform in pore size and extending in the direction of thickness of the membrane, substantially straight through the membrane, so that a path length of each of the pores corresponds substantially to a thickness of the membrane, to form, in said organic solvent, a large number of emulsion particles substantially uniform in size and then producing uniform inorganic microspheres from said emulsion particles on a one emulsion particle-to-one microsphere basis. The pores in the membrane are formed by either a corpuscular or laser beam. |