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Inside Front Cover: Nanoparticle Self‐Assembly of Hierarchically Ordered Microcapsule Structures (Adv. Mater. 9/2005)
Author(s) -
Rana R. K.,
Murthy V. S.,
Yu J.,
Wong M. S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200590047
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , nanoparticle , self assembly , nanotechnology , macromolecule , colloid , front cover , nanometre , fluorescence , chemical engineering , polymer science , cover (algebra) , composite material , optics , chemistry , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , engineering , physics
Nanoparticle (NP)‐assembled microcapsules represent a new class of hollow‐sphere material, in which materials properties can be ‘programmed’ by way of NP and polymer compositions. Synthesis is based on a sequential self‐assembly of NPs and polymer macromolecules. Reported by Wong and co‐workers on p. 1145, this rapid, green synthesis technique applies to a wide spectrum of colloidal species and permits non‐destructive encapsulation of water‐soluble compounds. The inside cover shows a confocal microscopy image of water‐filled microcapsules composed of silica NPs and a fluorescence‐labelled polymer. The scale bar is 20 μm. The inset shows a simplified illustration of the microcapsule assembly process.
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