Chaturbedy, Piyush and Jagadeesan, Dinesh and Eswaramoorthy, Muthusamy (2010) pH sensitive breathing of clay within the polyelectrolyte matrix. ACS Nano, 4 (10). pp. 5921-5929. ISSN 1936-0851
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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn100700b
Abstract
Stimuli-responsive organic−inorganic hybrid spheres were synthesized by coating the colloidal polystyrene spheres with polyelectrolyte-protected aminoclay, Mg phyllo(organo)silicate layers in a layer-by-layer method. The clay layers are sandwiched between the polyelectrolyte layers. The aminoclay swells in water due to protonation of amino groups, and the degree of swelling depends on the pH of the medium. As a result, the hybrid spheres undergo a size change up to 60% as the pH is changed from 9 to 4. The stimuli-responsive property of the hybrid spheres was used for the release of ibuprofen and eosin at different pH.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Physical Science > Nanophysics Physical Science > Nano objects Material Science > Nanochemistry Material Science > Nanostructured materials |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 11093 |
| Deposited By: | JNCASR |
| Deposited On: | 14 Sep 2011 05:42 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2011 05:42 |
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