pH responsive polymersome Pickering emulsion for simple and efficient Janus polymersome fabrication

Zhipeng Wang; Floris P J T Rutjes; Jan C M van Hest

doi:10.1039/c4cc07048h

pH responsive polymersome Pickering emulsion for simple and efficient Janus polymersome fabrication

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 4;50(93):14550-3. doi: 10.1039/c4cc07048h.

Authors

Zhipeng Wang¹, Floris P J T Rutjes, Jan C M van Hest

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.vanhest@science.ru.nl.

PMID: 25308838
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07048h

Abstract

Crosslinked poly(acrylic acid)-b-polystyrene polymersomes were successfully employed to form a water-in-oil Pickering emulsion and enabled an easy and reversible disassembly due to the pH sensitivity. The side of the polymersomes exposed to the water phase was selectively modified with metal nanoparticles, allowing facile formation of anisotropically modified Janus polymersomes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acrylates / chemical synthesis
Acrylates / chemistry*
Emulsions / chemical synthesis
Emulsions / chemistry
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
Molecular Structure
Particle Size
Polystyrenes / chemical synthesis
Polystyrenes / chemistry*
Surface Properties
Water / chemistry

Substances

Acrylates
Emulsions
Polystyrenes
poly(styrene-b-acrylic acid)
Water