Adv Polym Sci (2013) 262: 329–344
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_233
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 29 October 2013
Recent Advances in the Emulsion Solvent
Evaporation Technique for the Preparation
of Nanoparticles and Nanocapsules
Roland H. Staff, Katharina Landfester, and Daniel Crespy
Abstract The emulsion solvent evaporation technique is a method for preparing
nanoparticles and nanocapsules that are particularly adapted for applications requiring materials with high purity and low toxicity, such as for biomedicine or electronics. We discuss here new important advances concerning the elucidation of the
mechanism of nanoparticle formation, and the synthesis of nanoparticles with new
structures or from new polymers.
Keywords Colloids Á Emulsion–solvent evaporation Á Miniemulsion Á
Nanocapsules Á Nanoparticles
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
2 Solvent Evaporation from Nanodroplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
2.1 Mechanism of the Emulsion–Solvent Evaporation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
2.2 Colloidal Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
2.3 Effect of the Nanoconfinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
2.4 New Emulsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
3 Summary, Conclusions, and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Abbreviations
DC-FCCS Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
DLS
Dynamic light scattering
DMF
Dimethyl formamide
R.H. Staff, K. Landfester, and D. Crespy (*)
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
e-mail: crespy@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_233
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 29 October 2013
Recent Advances in the Emulsion Solvent
Evaporation Technique for the Preparation
of Nanoparticles and Nanocapsules
Roland H. Staff, Katharina Landfester, and Daniel Crespy
Abstract The emulsion solvent evaporation technique is a method for preparing
nanoparticles and nanocapsules that are particularly adapted for applications requiring materials with high purity and low toxicity, such as for biomedicine or electronics. We discuss here new important advances concerning the elucidation of the
mechanism of nanoparticle formation, and the synthesis of nanoparticles with new
structures or from new polymers.
Keywords Colloids Á Emulsion–solvent evaporation Á Miniemulsion Á
Nanocapsules Á Nanoparticles
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
2 Solvent Evaporation from Nanodroplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
2.1 Mechanism of the Emulsion–Solvent Evaporation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
2.2 Colloidal Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
2.3 Effect of the Nanoconfinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
2.4 New Emulsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
3 Summary, Conclusions, and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Abbreviations
DC-FCCS Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
DLS
Dynamic light scattering
DMF
Dimethyl formamide
R.H. Staff, K. Landfester, and D. Crespy (*)
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
e-mail: crespy@mpip-mainz.mpg.de