title: Flake-shell capsules: adjustable inorganic structures.
abstract: Structure-adjustable capsules are fabricated from inorganic components by using a self-template dissolution-regrowth mechanism to give flake-shell silica microcapsules. The capsules shrink under thermal stimulus and their structures can be adjusted by treatment at different pH values. Tuning of shell pore diameters leads to tailored drug release over prolonged periods.
authors.affiliation: World Premier International (WPI), Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) and JST, CREST, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. JI.Qingmin@nims.go.jp
authors.forename: Qingmin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ochs
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Hiromoto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga