Triggered Release of Encapsulated Cargo from Photoresponsive Polyelectrolyte Nanocomplexes | Zendy

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Triggered Release of Encapsulated Cargo from Photoresponsive Polyelectrolyte Nanocomplexes

Author(s) -

Xiaoran Hu,

Matthew Feeney,

Ethan McIntosh,

James Mullahoo,

Jiachun Feng,

Qiaobing Xu,

Samuel W. Thomas

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

acs applied materials and interfaces

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.535

H-Index - 228

eISSN - 1944-8252

pISSN - 1944-8244

DOI - 10.1021/acsami.6b07366

Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , nile red , aqueous solution , materials science , copolymer , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , photochemistry , chemistry , fluorescence , polymer , organic chemistry , optics , engineering , composite material , physics

Combining the numerous advantages of using light as a stimulus, simple free radical random copolymerization, and the easy, all-aqueous preparation of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), we prepared photolabile PEC nanoparticles and demonstrated their rapid degradation under UV light. As a proof of concept demonstration, the dye Nile Red was encapsulated in the PECs and successfully released into the surrounding solution as the polyelectrolyte nanocomplex carriers dissolved upon light irradiation.

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