Issue 4, 2010

Application of smart organic nanocontainers in feedback active coatings

Abstract

The key element of a novel generation of protective coatings with feedback activity to the external and internal triggers is an embedding of smart nano- or microcontainers into the coating matrix. When implanted in various types of coating matrices, these containers with a sensitive polymeric shell and water or oil interior provide controlled release of the encapsulated active materials upon action by external stimuli. In the article at hand we survey recent achievements in this new field of development and application of filled sensitive containers in biomedical and self-healing protective coatings. Diverse stimuli-responsive and self-repairing systems (implants, matrices, coatings) in different branches, from medicine to corrosion protection, are presented and their advantages as well as drawbacks are discussed in terms of the field-specific protection efficiency.

Graphical abstract: Application of smart organic nanocontainers in feedback active coatings

Article information

Article type
Emerging Area
Submitted
07 Sep 2009
Accepted
23 Oct 2009
First published
01 Dec 2009

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 720-725

Application of smart organic nanocontainers in feedback active coatings

D. G. Shchukin, D. O. Grigoriev and H. Möhwald, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 720 DOI: 10.1039/B918437F

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