Manna, Uttam and Patil, Satish (2011) Hollow hemisphere and microcapsules of nonionic copolymer. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (1). pp. 263-268.
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Abstract
Hemispherical colloidal nanowells or microwells with hollow interiors are becoming increasingly important for the encapsulation of functional materials. There has been rapid progress to develop new methods to obtain such structures. In this work, we present emulsification approach to generate hemisphere and microcapsules of biocompatible organic polymer. The precise control over the size is exhibited by applying variable vortex effect. The hemispheres and microcapsules of a copolymer (BPVA-PVA) were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). These structures were used for loading of hydrophilic molecules and submicron colloidal particles to demonstrate their potential application. The introduction of hydrophobic groups on poly(vinyl alcohol) was crucial to obtain these structures.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit |
Date Deposited: | 27 Dec 2010 07:20 |
Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2010 07:20 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34601 |
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