A General Strategy for Nano-Encapsulation via Interfacially Confined Living/Controlled Radical Miniemulsion Polymerization
✍ Scribed by Yingwu Luo; Hongyan Gu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Summary: We propose and demonstrate the utility of an interfacial living/controlled (reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer, RAFT) radical miniemulsion polymerization in nano‐encapsulation. The principles and methodology behind this technique are readily scalable and highly efficient. The living/controlled nature of the system offers great opportunities to tune the properties of the polymer shell‐like thickness, surface functionality, molecular weight, and inner‐wall functionality by simply using a semi‐continuous polymerization technique.
Illustration of encapsulation principles by RAFT interfacial miniemulsion polymerization.
magnified imageIllustration of encapsulation principles by RAFT interfacial miniemulsion polymerization.