Preparation of shell cross-linked nanoparticles via miniemulsion RAFT polymerization

Shell cross-linked polymeric nanoparticles were prepared through an interfacially confined copolymerization of styrene and disulfide cross-linker in a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) miniemulsion system using poly(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) as stabilizer and macroinitiator. 1H NMR, FT-IR, and FE-SEM have been applied to investigate the structures and morphologies of the resultant nanoparticles. Fluorescent spectra results show that the as-prepared samples have fluorescent properties, which may be used as a fluorescent carrier for control release of guest molecules.