title: Fabrication of hydrophilic polymer nanocontainers by use of supramolecular templates.
abstract: Polymer-shelled vesicles are prepared by using cyclodextrin vesicles as supramolecular templates and an adamantane-functionalized poly(acrylic acid) additive anchored via host-guest recognition, followed by cross-linking of carboxylic acid groups on the polymer. The polymer-shelled nanocontainers are highly stable and effective for encapsulating small hydrophilic molecules. We also show that a hollow cross-linked polymer cage can be obtained after dissolution of the template vesicles. The size and shell thickness of the polymer cage can be tuned by variation of template size and polymer length.
authors.affiliation: Organic Chemistry Institute and Graduate School of Chemistry and Center for Soft Nanoscience, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Correnstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Avik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tesch
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klingauf
authors.forename: Armido
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: Bart Jan
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ravoo
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D000218:Adamantane / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C006903:carbopol 940; D000218:Adamantane