Versatile design and synthesis of nano-barcodes

S Shikha, T Salafi, J Cheng, Y Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Encoded nano-structures/particles have been used for barcoding and are in great demand
for the simultaneous analysis of multiple targets. Due to their nanoscale dimension (s), nano …

Challenges for industrialization of miniemulsion polymerization

JM Asua - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Miniemulsion polymerization facilitates the synthesis complex materials that cannot be
produced otherwise. These materials have a broad range of potential applications including …

Fluorine-free oil absorbents made from cellulose nanofibril aerogels

A Mulyadi, Z Zhang, Y Deng - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2016 - ACS Publications
Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have been of great interest as absorbents
due to their high absorption capacity, low density, biodegradability, and large surface area …

Recent advances in the preparation of hybrid nanoparticles in miniemulsions

D Qi, Z Cao, U Ziener - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize recent advances in the synthesis of hybrid nanoparticles in
miniemulsions since 2009. These hybrid nanoparticles include organic–inorganic …

UV screening clear coats based on encapsulated CeO 2 hybrid latexes

M Aguirre, M Paulis, JR Leiza - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
CeO2 nanoparticles have been successfully incorporated into acrylic latex particles with an
excellent homogeneous distribution (mostly one inorganic particle per polymer particle) and …

Recent advances in colloidal nanocomposite design via heterogeneous polymerization techniques

SC Thickett, GH Teo - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and synthesis of composite nanoparticles consisting of a polymeric phase and
an inorganic/organic phase has enjoyed a period of extensive development in recent times …

Waterborne modified-silica/acrylates hybrid nanocomposites as surface protective coatings for stone monuments

F Sbardella, MP Bracciale, ML Santarelli… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
The weathering and deterioration of historical buildings, as well as that of many monuments
or sculptures using natural stones, is a problem that has been known since antiquity. In this …

Gold nanoparticle-enhanced luminescence of silicon quantum dots co-encapsulated in polymer nanoparticles

NA Harun, MJ Benning, BR Horrocks, DA Fulton - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of two-component polymer composite nanoparticles encapsulating both Si
quantum dots (SiQDs) and Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) by a single step miniemulsion …

Efficient encapsulation of self-healing agents in polymer nanocontainers functionalized by orthogonal reactions

J Fickert, M Makowski, M Kappl, K Landfester… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An orthogonal polymerization reaction between two monomers partitioned in the two liquid
phases of a miniemulsion yielded nanocapsules with various functional groups (sulfonate …

Mapping the morphology of polymer–inorganic nanocomposites synthesized by miniemulsion polymerization

JM Asua - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A first‐principles map for the equilibrium morphologies of polymer–inorganic
nanocomposites synthesized by miniemulsion polymerization is developed. The predictions …