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POLYMER
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 1087-1093Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.11.078
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thermosensitive; poly(N-isopropylacrylamide); nanocapsules
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In this paper, novel thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) nanocapsules with temperature-tunable diameter and permeability are reported. Firstly, the core-shell composite microparticles were synthesized by precipitation polymerization with isothiocyanate fluorescein (FITC) entrapped SiO2 as core and cross-linked PNIPAM as shell. Then, the SiO2 core was etched by hydrofluoric acid at certain condition and the pre-trapped FITC molecules remained within the inner cavity. The FITC release profile and TEM studies clearly indicate that the release behavior of FITC could be controlled effectively by the external temperature. Above the LCST of PNIPAM (32 degreesC), the dehydrated PNIPAM shell inhibited the release of FITC from the internal cavity while below its LCST, the fluorophore could permeate the swollen shell easily. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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