title: Simple but precise engineering of functional nanocapsules through nanoprecipitation.
abstract: A general, rapid, and undemanding method to generate at will functional oil-filled nanocapsules through nanoprecipitation is reported. On the basis of polymer and hexadecane/water/acetone phase diagrams, the composition can be set so that polymer chains preferentially stick at the interface of the oil droplets to create nanocapsules. The nanocapsules can be decorated with biorelevant molecules (biotin, fluorescent tags, metal nanoparticles) within the shell and loaded with hydrophobic molecules in a simple one-pot procedure.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, 69003 Lyon (France); INSA-Lyon, IMP, 69621 Villeurbanne (France); CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, 69621 Villeurbanne (France).
authors.forename: Xibo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alcouffe
authors.forename: Sébastien G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gouin
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ganachaud
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000737:chemistry; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D053769:Nanocapsules; D011108:Polymers; D014867:Water; D000096:Acetone; C007932:n-hexadecane
keywords: functionalization; nanocapsules; nanoprecipitation; nanostructures; phase diagrams