The poster describes a direct, template-free method for the fabrication of hollow polymeric nanocapsules by thiol-ene photopolymerization of a resorcinarene thiol with various alkenes. Our investigations reveal that the rigidity of the nanocapsule can be systematically varied by altering the valency of the alkene building blocks. The rigidity of the nanocapsules can be further modulated by varying the photopolymerization duration. Notably, we show that residual oxygen also plays a major role in determining the morphology of the polymers.

Hollow polymeric nanocapsules with tunable rigidity by thiol-ene photopolymerization

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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