Synthesis of polymeric microcapsules by interfacial-suspension cationic photopolymerisation of divinyl ether monomer in aqueous suspension

Benedetti, M.; Congdon, T. R.; Bassett, S. P.; Alauhdin, M.; Howdle, S. M.; Haddleton, D. M.; Pisano, R.; Sangermano, M.; Schiller, T. L.

Abstract

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Polymeric microcapusles have been synthesised with a markedly more hydrophillic monomer than previously reported, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, using cationic photopolymerisation in an aqueous environment. Characterisation by NMR and SEM show that the particles are formed with low dispersity with a size of approximately 1 μm in spite of the expected inhibition in aqueous conditions. Furthermore, supercritical carbon dioxide has been used to generate silver nanoparticles which distribute throughout the shell of the microcapsules further illustrating the structure of these capsules with characterisation by TEM and SAXS.

Citation

Benedetti, M., Congdon, T. R., Bassett, S. P., Alauhdin, M., Howdle, S. M., Haddleton, D. M., Pisano, R., Sangermano, M., & Schiller, T. L. (2017). Synthesis of polymeric microcapsules by interfacial-suspension cationic photopolymerisation of divinyl ether monomer in aqueous suspension. Polymer Chemistry, 8(6), 972-975. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6py01782g

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 5, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 6, 2017
• Publication Date: Feb 14, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2019
• Journal: Polymer Chemistry
• Print ISSN: 1759-9954
• Electronic ISSN: 1759-9962
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 972-975
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6py01782g
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1861968
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/PY/C6PY01782G#!divAbstract
• Additional Information: : This document is Similarity Check deposited; : Supplementary Information; : S. M. Howdle (ORCID); : D. M. Haddleton (ORCID); : T. L. Schiller (ORCID); : T. L. Schiller (ResearcherID); : The Royal Society of Chemistry has an exclusive publication licence for this journal; : Single-blind; : Received 12 October 2016; Accepted 5 January 2017; Accepted Manuscript published 6 January 2017; Advance Article published 13 January 2017; Version of Record published 7 February 2017