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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2020, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (6): 359-365.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2020.06.001

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Optimization of encapsulation efficiency for nanoencapsulated octadecane by response surface method

CHEN Wen1,WU Xiao-yuan1,LI Xue-ting1,3,LU Xi-hua1,2,3(),ZHANG Rui-yun4   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
    2. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
    3. Anhui Microdelivery Smart Microcapsule Sci & Tech Co., Ltd., Tongling, Anhui 244000, China
    4. College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2019-10-19 Revised:2020-05-31 Online:2020-06-22 Published:2020-06-22
  • Contact: Xi-hua LU E-mail:luxihua@dhu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Phase-change nanocapsules with high encapsulation efficiency and low toxicity were successfully prepared via interfacial free-radical polymerization, in which n-octadecane was used as core material and dipropylene glycol diacrylate (DPGDA) monomer was self-crosslinked to form the polymer shell. Response surface method (RSM) was applied to optimize the effects of ratio of core/shell, curing temperature and homogenization time on the encapsulation efficiency. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images revealed that the nanocapsules thus obtained possessed spherical morphology. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that the n-octadecane could be well encapsulated inside the nanocapsules under the optimized condition, and the encapsulation efficiency and loading capacity of the nanocapules were 90.6% and 30%, respectively. The thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) of nanocapsules indicated that the phase-change nanocapsules had good thermostability up to 120 ℃. Additionally, cotton fabrics treated with the phase-change nanocapsules displayed good washing durability after 225 min washing, indicative of the potential application in thermo-regulated textiles for clothing to improve the thermal comfort of the wearer.

Key words: octadecane, self-crosslink, phase-change nanocapsule, response surface methodology, thermo-regulated textile

CLC Number: 

  • TB383