A facile method for fabricating room-temperature-film-formable casein-based hollow nanospheres

作者:Zhang Fan; Ma Jianzhong*; Xu Qunna; Zhou Jianhua; Simion Demetra; Carmen Gaidau
来源:Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects , 2015, 484: 329-335.
DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.08.011

摘要

Room-temperature-film-formable casein-based hollow nanospheres, in which modified casein act as the shell and hollow interior as the core were innovatively prepared by alkali swelling process. Results of the TEM, AFM and DLS definitely confirmed the hollow structure and nano size of the as-prepared emulsion. The results also revealed that a film is easily formed on substrates like quartz glasses at room-temperature. The resultant thin films with hemispherical protrusions on surface make them good candidates in coating applications. A formation mechanism of coatings with this hollow nanosphere was then proposed accordingly.