화학공학소재연구정보센터
Biomacromolecules, Vol.20, No.10, 3915-3923, 2019
Programmable Hierarchical Construction of Mixed/Multilayered Polysaccharide Nanocapsules through Simultaneous/Sequential Nanoprecipitation Steps
We report here on a one-pot construction of oil filled hierarchical capsular assemblies using the nanoprecipitation technique. Relying on multicomponent phase diagrams, we show that simultaneous and/or sequential nanoprecipitations involving polymer combinations can be precisely programmed to design a new class of mixed/multilayered multicomponent nanocapsules, with a precise control of the dimensions, shell thickness/composition, and spatial distribution of the building blocks. The simplicity and tunability of this approach are exemplified here with a library of neutral and ionic polysaccharides giving access to a range of functional multilayered nanocarriers of interest for biomedical applications.