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Kiyofumi Katagiri1, Yoshinori Shishijima2, Kunihito Koumoto2
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiya, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
Abstract:
pH-Responsive smart capsules were developed by the layer-by-layer assembly with a colloidtemplating technique. Polystyrene (PS) particles were employed as core templates. Acid-soluble inorganic nanosheets were prepared from Mg-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) by an exfoliation technique. LDH nanosheets and anionic polyelectrolytes were alternatively deposited on PS core particles by the layer-by-layer assembly using electrostatic interaction. Hollow capsules were obtained by the removal of the PS core particles. The hollow capsules obtained thus were collapsed at acidic conditions by dissolution of LDH nanosheets in the hollow shells. The dissolution rate, i.e., the responsiveness of capsule, is tunable according to the strength of acids.
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