Dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy techniques for size determination of polyurethane nanoparticles
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- 作者：Betina Giehl Zanetti-Ramos ; Mauricia Beddin Fritzen-Garcia ; Cristian Schweitzer de Oliveira ; André ; Avelino Pasa ; Valdir Soldi ; Redouane Borsali ; Tâ ; nia Beatriz Creczynski-Pasa
- 关键词：Nanoparticles ; Miniemulsion ; Dynamic light scattering ; Atomic force microscopy ; Size determination
- 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering: C
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：1 March 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：29
- 期：2
- 页码：638-640
- 全文大小：723 K
文摘
Nanoparticles have applications in various industrial fields principally in drug delivery. Nowadays, there are several processes for manufacturing colloidal polymeric systems and methods of preparation as well as of characterization. In this work, Dynamic Light Scattering and Atomic Force Microscopy techniques were used to characterize polyurethane nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were prepared by miniemulsion technique. The lipophilic monomers, isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) and natural triol, were emulsified in water containing surfactant. In some formulations the poly(ethylene glycol) was used as co-monomer to obtain the hydrophilic and pegylated nanoparticles. Polyurethane nanoparticles observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) were spherical with diameter around 209 nm for nanoparticles prepared without PEG. From AFM imaging two populations of nanoparticles were observed in the formulation prepared with PEG (218 and 127 nm) while dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements showed a monodisperse size distribution around 250 nm of diameters for both formulations. The polydispersity index of the formulations and the experimental procedures could influence the particle size determination with these techniques.