title: Magnetic, Fluorescent, and Copolymeric Silicone Microspheres.
abstract: Silicone microspheres are exceedingly difficult to make. Here, polydimethylsiloxane microspheres (≈1 μm diameter) are synthesized using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, the first demonstration of a scalable synthetic procedure for crosslinked silicone microspheres. This continuous, aerosol process is also used to directly produce fluorescent, magnetic, and copolymeric derivatives; the potential biomedical applications of these microspheres are explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Nitin K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Neelakantan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Lundberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Elissa M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Grzincic
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 S. Matthews Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suslick
keywords: aerosol polymerization; drug delivery; microencapsulation; polydimethylsiloxane; sonochemistry