Towards copper-free nanocapsules obtained by orthogonal interfacial “click” polymerization in miniemulsion†
Joerg Max Siebert,Grit Baier,Anna Musyanovych,Katharina Landfester
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/12/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2CC30253E
Abstract
A facile method to produce nanocapsules by copper-free interfacial “click”-polymerization as orthogonal reaction for the encapsulation of functional molecules is successfully performed using stable miniemulsion droplets. Difunctional azides and alkynes have been used for polymerization around the miniemulsion droplets, leading to the formation of nanocapsules. The results were compared with copper-catalyzed systems.