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Preparation of Swellable Hydrogel-Containing Colloidosomes from Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion Droplets

  • Jean Paul Douliez*
  • , Nicolas Martin
  • , Thomas Beneyton
  • , Jean Charles Eloi
  • , Jean Paul Chapel
  • , Laurence Navailles
  • , Jean Christophe Baret
  • , Stephen Mann
  • , Laure Béven
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The fabrication of stable colloidosomes derived from water-in-water Pickering-like emulsions are described that were produced by addition of fluorescent amine-modified polystyrene latex beads to an aqueous two-phase system consisting of dextran-enriched droplets dispersed in a PEG-enriched continuous phase. Addition of polyacrylic acid followed by carbodiimide-induced crosslinking with dextran produces hydrogelled droplets capable of reversible swelling and selective molecular uptake and exclusion. Colloidosomes produced specifically in all-water systems could offer new opportunities in microencapsulation and the bottom-up construction of synthetic protocells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7780-7784
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number26
Early online date23 Apr 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2018

Research Groups and Themes

  • Bristol BioDesign Institute
  • Inorganic & Materials

Keywords

  • aqueous two-phase systems
  • synthetic biology
  • encapsulation
  • sequestration
  • colloidosomes
  • water-in-water emulsions

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