Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5185627 | Polymer | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We report the effect of gold nanoparticles encapsulated into the shell-forming PAMAM dendrimers on the assembly and properties of multilayer microshells. We demonstrate that the PAMAM-encapsulated gold nanoparticles change dramatically the optical spectroscopic properties of microcapsule dispersions, without significantly affecting the stiffness of microcapsules. Our results indicate that the use of dendrimer-protected nanoparticles as building blocks opens numerous possibilities to vary the composition and diverse properties of microshells without changing their stiffness.
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Authors
Olga V. Lebedeva, Byoung-Suhk Kim, Franziska Gröhn, Olga I. Vinogradova,