Rong Chen (Author), Daniel J. G. Pearce (Author), Sara Fortuna (Author), David L. Cheung (Author), Stefan Antonius Franciscus Bon (Author)

Abstract

The fabrication of polymer vesicles with a colloidal armor made from a variety of nanoparticles is demonstrated. In addition, it is shown that the armored supracolloidal structure can be postmodified through film-formation of soft polymer latex particles on the surface of the polymersome, hereby effectively wrapping the polymersome in a plastic bag, as well as through formation of a hydrogel by disintegrating an assembled polymer latex made from poly(ethyl acrylate-co-methacrylic acid) upon increasing the pH. Furthermore, ordering and packing patterns are briefly addressed with the aid of Monte Carlo simulations, including patterns observed when polymersomes are exposed to a binary mixture of colloids of different size.

Keywords

Pickering emulsions;self-assembly;Monte Carlo simulations;nanoparticles;packing;colloids;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC: 54
COBISS: 4532475 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0002-7863
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URN: URN:SI:UNG
Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 2151-2153
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ133
Issue: ǂno. ǂ7
Chronology: 2011
DOI: 10.1021/ja110359f
ID: 9175953