Nano Research & Applications

Polymer Nanoparticles with Tunable Shapes and Internal Structures

20^th International Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology
September 11-12, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jiangping Xu and Jintao Zhu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Nano Res Appl

DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-003

Abstract

Block copolymer assemblies have attracted great attention due to their potential applications in the fields of drug delivery, targeting therapy, medical diagnosing and imaging. 3 dimensional (3D) confinement, which can break the symmetry of a structure, has proven to be a powerful route to tailor the morphologies of block copolymer particles. Particle shape and internal structure can thus be tuned by using the supramoelcular strategy or tailoring the interfacial interaction of the particles with the dispersed medium.1-3 We will introduce the generation of the nanoobjects with well tunable shapes by taking advantage of 3D confined assembly and supramolecular chemistry. Particles with various internal structures can be obtained due to the 3D soft confinement in emulsion droplets. Moreover, we will show that selective disassembly of the structured particles will give rise to mesoporous particles or nano-objects with unique shapes.