A variety of quaternary ammonium bromide-based surfactants carrying one or two acrylate groups and having a hydrophobic n-alkyl tail are synthesized, then converted to crosslinked nanocages by interfacial cross-linking of monolayers of surfactant molecules adsorbed by crystallized miniemulsion droplets. These nanocages are characterized by using various instrumental analysis techniques to reveal their structural features. The structural control of these nanocages and the surfactant monolayer stabilization mechanism in the crystal-forming miniemulsion systems are discussed.

Polyelectrolyte nanocages via crystal-forming miniemulsions

251st National Meeting (2016)

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