METHOD OF RECOVERING ENCAPSULATED SUBSTANCE AND NOVEL MICROSPHERE OBTAINABLE BY THE METHOD

摘要

A method of recovering an encapsulated substance which includes a contact step in which a microsphere constituted of a shell comprising a thermoplastic resin and an encapsulated substance enclosed in the shell and having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin is brought into contact with a solvent. Also provided is a novel microsphere which can be obtained through the contact step in the method of encapsulated-substance recovery. This microsphere comprises the thermoplastic resin as a shell.