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Polymer Particles by Templating of Vesicles
Author(s) -
Hotz Jutta,
Meier Wolfgang
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199811)10:16<1387::aid-adma1387>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - template , materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , vesicle , drug delivery , nanostructure , liposome , chemistry , membrane , composite material , biochemistry
Template‐directed synthesis is an elegant approach to defined nanostructured materials. Vesicles or liposomes have already been used in the synthesis of small inorganic particles, but their use as a template for polymer synthesis is rare. Despite this, direct templating of vesicles offers interesting new possibilities for the formation of defined nanostructured polymers. While the polymer morphology is determined by the size and shape of the templates, the polymer framework can be modified by conventional chemical reactions. The authors envisage applications in separation processes or drug delivery.