In Situ Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Dots/Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposite Microcapsules with Reduced Permeability and Ultrasound Sensitivity.
- Submitting institution
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Queen Mary University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 588
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/acsnano.6b05088
- Title of journal
- ACS Nano
- Article number
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- First page
- 9608
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 10
- ISSN
- 1936-086X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The paper suggests novel ways to produce carbon nanoparticles within polymer layers. Confined geometry formed by voids within polyelectrolytes where entangled polysaccharides (dextran) serves as source of carbon upon hydrothermal synthesis. Due to restricted volume the resultant carbon nanoparticles are well defined. This approach, unlike widely used synthesis of carbon nanoparticles in the bulk, gives an unique way for fabrication of defined nanoparticles. The paper also proposes their use in microcapsules to entrap small molecules and being biodegradable and responsive to ultrasound. This work led to Prof. Titirici winning an RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies [www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2019/october/global-visionaries-awarded-£22-million-in-funding].
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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