Advanced Materials, Vol.13, No.7, 500-500, 2001
The generation of "armored latexes" and hollow inorganic shells made of clay sheets by templating cationic miniemulsions and latexes
A single-step synthesis of inorganic microcapsules filled with organic liquids or polymers is achieved by complexation of cationic surfactant-stabilized miniemulsion latexes with disc shaped silica particles. interlinking the discs by condensation with silicic acid further stabilizes the capsules. The structure survives depolymerization and evaporation of a polymeric organic template. The Figure shows hollow nanocapsules. [GRAPHICS]