title: Pickering-type stabilized nanoparticles by heterophase polymerization.
abstract: The preparation of nanoparticles in a soap-free system is highly attractive, as surfactants may influence and deteriorate subsequent applications. Thereby, the assembly of solid particles on droplets/particles is well known as Pickering-type stabilization. The resulting hybrid nanocomposites offer in general a rough surface and are highly intriguing for potential drug delivery systems, coating applications, and so forth. This review highlights developments in production and application of Pickering-type nanoparticles synthesized via heterophase polymerization techniques in emulsion, miniemulsion, dispersion, and suspension. We will focus our discussion on systems, wherein stabilization of the final nanometer-sized hybrids is exclusively accomplished via particle stabilizers. In case surfactants are used during preparation, they only serve as pre-treating agents to modify the surface properties of the particle stabilizer, and not being employed for the purpose of droplet/particle stabilization.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schrade
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landfester
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ziener