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

Xibo YanPierre AlcouffeGuillaume SudreLaurent DavidJulien BernardFrancois Ganachaud

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

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.

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