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- Title
Interfacial RAFT Miniemulsion Polymerization: Architectures from an Interface.
- Authors
Fuchs, Adrian V.; Thurecht, Kristofer J.
- Abstract
Directing polymerization from a liquid-liquid interface is an emergent field delivering new insights into polymerization mechanisms, while creating interesting and novel polymer architectures. This review aims to explore how reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization has been utilized in miniemulsion to perform controlled polymerizations at the biphasic liquid-liquid interface. Highlighted herein are the initial investigations that led to a new class of interfacially active macro-RAFT agents. These are capable of stabilizing emulsions, directing polymer growth from that interface, and subsequently producing capsule-like architectures. A comprehensive description is provided concerning the various macro-RAFT agents employed and the importance of performing this under miniemulsion conditions to obtain either nanoparticles, nanocapsules, and/or core-shell morphologies. Finally, a focus on exciting applications of such systems for the production of nanomaterials including delivery vehicles with stimuli-responsive properties is presented.
- Subjects
POLYMERIZATION research; LIQUID-liquid interfaces; NANOCAPSULES; EMULSIONS; FREE radical reactions
- Publication
Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, 2015, Vol 216, Issue 12, p1271
- ISSN
1022-1352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/macp.201500061