Modular construction of single-component polymer nanocapsules through a one-step surfactant-free microemulsion templated synthesis

Xibo Yan; Pierre Alcouffe; Guillaume Sudre; Laurent David; Julien Bernard; Francois Ganachaud

doi:10.1039/c6cc09701d

Modular construction of single-component polymer nanocapsules through a one-step surfactant-free microemulsion templated synthesis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 24;53(8):1401-1404. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09701d.

Authors

Xibo Yan¹, Pierre Alcouffe¹, Guillaume Sudre², Laurent David², Julien Bernard¹, Francois Ganachaud¹

Affiliations

¹ Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France. julien.bernard@insa-lyon.fr francois.ganachaud@insa-lyon.fr and INSA-Lyon, IMP, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France and CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France.
² Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France. julien.bernard@insa-lyon.fr francois.ganachaud@insa-lyon.fr and Université de Lyon 1, IMP, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France and CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France.

PMID: 28078342
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09701d

Abstract

Formation of O/W surfactant-free microemulsions from water/oil/acetone ternary systems is exploited to construct precisely-defined shell-functionalized core-loaded nanocapsules with tunable diameters (ranging from 50 to 190 nm) in one step.