Near-incompressible faceted polymer microcapsules from metal-organic framework templates

H Ejima; N Yanai; JP Best; M Sindoro; S Granick; F Caruso

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Near-incompressible faceted polymer microcapsules from metal-organic framework templates

H Ejima, N Yanai, JP Best, M Sindoro, S Granick, F Caruso

Advanced Materials | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302442

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Abstract

Faceted polymer microcapsules are prepared from metal-organic framework (MOF) templates. The MOF templates are removable under mild aqueous conditions. The obtained microcapsules are stiffer than their spherical counterparts, reflecting the near-incompressibility of the facet edges, and indicating that the faceting might be a useful strategy for controlling the mechanical properties of polymer microcapsules. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Australian Research Council is acknowledged for support under the Federation Fellowship (FF0776078), Australian Laureate Fellowship (FL120100030), and Discovery Project (DP0877360) schemes. This work was also supported by the US Army Research Office (grant award no. W911NF-10-1-0518). H.E. and N.Y. thank the JSPS for Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad.