A Systematic Synthetic Study of Polyelectrolyte Nanocapsules via Crystallized Miniemulsion Nanodroplets
Abstract
Synthesis of polyelectrolyte nanocapsules (NCs) by interfacial crosslinking of surfactant monolayers adsorbed on crystallized miniemulsion nanodroplets is systematically studied by using surfactants with varied lengths of hydrophobic n-a lkyl tails. The results indicate that the n-a lkyl tails of surfactants need to possess at least sixteen carbon atoms, in order to obtain stable surfactant monolayers for achieving well-defined NCs. The structural control of NCs via crystallized miniemulsion systems is discussed.