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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2019-05-01

Journal:MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS

Included Journals:SCIE

Volume:6

Issue:5

ISSN No.:2053-1591

Key Words:nanospheres; starch; cellulose; polysaccharide; hydrophobic; hydrothermal

Abstract:Owing to the simultaneous occurrence of nucleation and nuclei aggregation in nanoprecipitation approach, the preparation of monodisperse nanospheres from polysaccharide remains a great challenge. Herein a two-step approach is presented for size controlled preparation of monodisperse polysaccharide-based nanospheres with PDI of 0.05 from starch acetate (SA). First, the starch acetate nanospheres (SANs) with average size in the range from 100 to 160 nm were produced by a moderate and constant hydrophobic interaction (MCHI) process. Second, based on principle of Ostwald ripening, a facile hydrothermal method was employed to modulate the size of the SANs obtained from the first step, yielding monodisperse nanospheres ranging from 200 to 1400 nm. This two-step method was also successfully applied to the preparation of ethyl cellulose nanospheres, which provided a facile strategy to prepare nanospheres from polysaccharides. Finally, SANs (744 nm) and ECNs (802 nm) were used to fabricate 2D photonic crystals by self-assembly, further verifying high monodispersity of obtained polysaccharide-based nanospheres.