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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 46, Issue 20, Pages 6758-6765Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-011-5632-3
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- National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China [20100471000]
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In this study, biocompatible and biodegradable chitosan (CS) nanocapsules are successfully prepared in abundant and easily using carboxyl-functionalized polystyrene (PS) as sacrificial template and cross-linked CS with glutaraldehyde as the shell. First, the monodisperse functionalized PS templates be about 200 nm are made by emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization. Second, nanocapsules are accomplished by fabricating on the basis of chemical cross-linking on the surface of the PS template and removing the core via tetrahydrofuran. The templates and nanocapsules were characterized by FT-IR, H-1 NMR, FESEM, and TEM. All the results confirmed that the nanocapsules are accomplished via this method. By dissolution of ibuprofen in the chloroform droplets when prepare the carboxyl-functionalized PS, drug-loaded nanocapsules are also fabricated. It is found that the loaded drug can be released again in a sustained manner for up to 80 h. The nanocapsules walls have a prominent effect in slowing down the drug release rate.
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