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Remote Control of Bioreactions in Multicompartment Capsules
Author(s) -
Kreft O.,
Skirtach A. G.,
Sukhorukov G. B.,
Möhwald H.
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.200701977
Subject(s) - materials science , polyelectrolyte , fabrication , nanotechnology , doping , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , composite material , polymer , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Remote control over reactions in multicompartment capsules is investigated. Dual‐compartment capsules were constructed by consecutive fabrication of the inner and the outer parts of CaCO 3 microcapsules separated by a polyelectrolyte multilayer IR‐sensitized by nanoparticle doping. Upon near‐infrared laser illumination the contents of the inner capsules are mixed with the outer one. This research paves the way to a simple method for performing sophisticated bioreactions in confined volumes.