Premium
Uniform Polymeric Hollow Microcapsules with Controlled Doping Levels Fabricated under Nonreactive Conditions
Author(s) -
Wygladacz K.,
Ye N.,
Xu C.,
Retter R. W.,
Bell M.,
Hilgenbrink A.,
Bakker E.
Publication year - 2007
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/adma.200602160
Subject(s) - materials science , fabrication , doping , microsphere , nanotechnology , fluorescence , particle (ecology) , core (optical fiber) , chemical engineering , composite material , optoelectronics , optics , medicine , oceanography , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , engineering , geology
A chemically nonreactive method for the fabrication of uniform core/shell fluorescent polymeric microspheres (see figure) is demonstrated with a flow apparatus. Various dyes and labeled proteins are doped into the appropriate particle phases, and an early example of chemical sensing is demonstrated.