Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 2389-2393Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9701
Keywords
Capsule; Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam); Template Synthesis; Silica Particles; Radical Polymerization
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Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
- World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI Initiative) on Materials Nanoarchitectonics, from MEXT Japan
- CREST program of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan
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We report the facile fabrication of polymer capsules based on the template polymerization of N-vinylcaprolactam (VCL) at the surface of silica particles. The modification of silica surfaces with methacrylate groups favors the polymerization of VCL leading to the formation of a homogenous PVCL layer. PVCL capsules approximately 200 nm in diameter were obtained after removal of the silica template. In contrast to most of other polymer capsules, the hollow morphology was maintained even in the dried state. The PVCL capsules, which possess smart properties based on thermal stimuli, should have wide potential applications in biological therapy.
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