Colloidosomes constructed by the seamless connection of nanoparticles: a mobile and recyclable strategy to intelligent capsules

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Author	Yuan, Conghui Xu, Yiting Jiang, Nina Chen, Guangjian Xu, Binbin He, Ning Hui Dai, Lizong
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Colloidosomes constructed by the self-assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) on liquid–liquid interfaces have been demonstrated to be useful in many fields. However, the interspaces between NPs on the surface of colloidosomes barricade their application in small molecule encapsulation. Herein, fabrication of a new type of colloidosome built by the seamless connection of NPs via simply heating and quenching a type of core–shell structured NPs (CSNPs) aqueous system using oil as a template, is presented. These colloidosomes have a hollow structure and exhibit efficient small molecule encapsulation. More importantly, the colloidosomes can dissociate into single NPs and release the small target molecules encapsulated in interior of the colloidosomes at a temperature higher than the melting point of the CSNP shell. It is also shown that the dissociation temperature of colloidosomes can be controlled by simply adjusting the length of the PEG chains in the CSNP shell, which implies that these intelligent capsules have attractive application prospects in controlled drug release.
Starting Page	3366
Ending Page	3372
Page Count	7
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DOI	10.1039/C0SM01128B
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM01128B
Volume Number	7
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
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Resource Type	Article