Journal article
Microencapsulation of a Crop Protection Compound by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition
Macromolecular rapid communications, v 33(16), pp 1375-1380
28 Aug 2012
PMID: 22573697
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Abstract
In this work, initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) has been employed as a one-step liquid-free process combining polymerization and coating for the encapsulation of 3D non-planar substrates. Coatings have been applied using iCVD specifically to encapsulate microparticles of a highly water-soluble crop protection compound (CPC) for controlled release. Release behavior has been compared among different coatings synthesized using different iCVD processing conditions, including varying degrees of polymer hydrophobicity, continuous and pulsed deposition, and crosslinking. iCVD has been found to provide tunable synthesis of hydrophobic, crosslinked polymers with control over mass diffusivity, and coating thickness for enhancing barrier properties.
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- Title
- Microencapsulation of a Crop Protection Compound by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition
- Creators
- Ranjita K. Bose - Drexel UniversityAlex M. Heming - SyngentaKenneth K. S. Lau - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Macromolecular rapid communications, v 33(16), pp 1375-1380
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Syngenta Corporation; Syngenta
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000307723800008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84865027119
- Other Identifier
- 991019169641904721
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- Industry collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Polymer Science