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Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2351
Author(s):  
Najla Ghifari ◽  
Bertrand Cinquin ◽  
Adil Chahboun ◽  
Abdel I. El Abed

In the present work, droplet-based microfluidics and sol-gel techniques were combined to synthesize highly monodisperse zinc oxide (ZnO) microspheres, which can be doped easily and precisely with dyes, such as rhodamine B (RhB), and whose size can be finely tuned in the 10–30 μm range. The as-synthesized microparticles were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and confocal microscopy. The results reveal that the microspheres exhibit an excellent size monodispersity, hollow feature, and a porous shell with a thickness of about 0.6 μm, in good agreement with our calculations. We show in particular by means of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis that the electric charges carried by ZnO nanoparticles primary units play a crucial role not just in the formation and structure of the synthesized ZnO microcapsules, but also in the confinement of dye molecules inside the microcapsules despite a demonstrated porosity of their shell in regards to the solvent (oil). Our results enable also the measurement of the diffusion coefficient of RhB molecules inside the microcapsules (DRhB=3.8×10−8 cm2/s), which is found two order of magnitude smaller than the literature value. We attribute such feature to a strong interaction between dye molecules and the electrical charges carried by ZnO nanoparticles. These results are important for potential applications in micro-thermometry (as shown recently in our previous study), photovoltaics, or photonics such as whispering gallery mode resonances.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2200
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Yongyue Li ◽  
Jinghua Gong ◽  
Jinghong Ma

Here, we report a novel thermo-triggered-releasing microcapsule for liposoluble drug delivery. Monodisperse microcapsules with a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) hydrogel shell and an oil core were successfully fabricated by a double coaxial microfluidic device. Fluorescent dye Lumogen Red F300 as a model liposoluble drug was dissolved in the oil core with controllable loading capacity. The volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) of the microcapsule was adjusted by copolymerizing with the hydrophilic methacrylic acid. The in vitro release study demonstrates that the shells shrink, leading to the thermo-triggered release of the model drug from the microcapsules at the environmental temperature above the VPTT, while the swollen hydrogel shells can protect the encapsulated drug from leakage and contamination below the VPTT. The proposed microcapsule is a promising liposoluble drug delivery system with controllable loading and smart thermo-triggered release.


Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 5139-5147
Author(s):  
Dhawal R. Thakare ◽  
Grayson Schaer ◽  
Mostafa Yourdkhani ◽  
Nancy R. Sottos

Monodisperse stimuli-responsive microcapsules are difficult to fabricate with precise control over capsule properties. The paper reports a facile technique to produce highly tunable and monodisperse emulsion-templated acid-responsive microcapsules.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (32) ◽  
pp. 25164-25170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Teng Zhang ◽  
Quanxi Wang ◽  
Tianrui Ren

A controlled release system was prepared, it based on UF modified PCC cells in which TEB are loaded into cells. It can control the drug release rate, depress the initial “burst effect”, and was efficacious in controlling wheat powdery mildew.


Soft Matter ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 4150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao-Jie Zhang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Rui Xie ◽  
Xiao-Jie Ju ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (36) ◽  
pp. 6605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoming Liu ◽  
Baoquan Xie ◽  
Dongsheng Fu ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Qiang Fu ◽  
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