Volume 129, Issue 4 pp. 1861-1867
Article

Preparation and characterization of cyhalothrin-loaded poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-polylactide (PHEMA-co-PLA) ultrafine particles

Tengfei Fan

Tengfei Fan

College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Laboratory of Nanobiomedicine and Nanosafety, Division of Nanomedicine and Nanobiology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

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Xuemin Wu

Xuemin Wu

College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China

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Yan Wu

Corresponding Author

Yan Wu

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Laboratory of Nanobiomedicine and Nanosafety, Division of Nanomedicine and Nanobiology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Laboratory of Nanobiomedicine and Nanosafety, Division of Nanomedicine and Nanobiology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 24 December 2012
Citations: 8

Abstract

Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-polylactide (PHEMA-co-PLA) and its corresponding cyhalothrin-loaded ultrafine particles were successfully synthesized and prepared, respectively. The chemical structures of the copolymers have been confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR), 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Furthermore, the particle size, the cyhalothrin loading content (LC), and the cyhalothrin release behavior were investigated. PHEMA-co-PLA proved to be a good material for the preparation of ultrafine particles for lipophilic pesticide delivery. The developed cyhalothrin-loaded PHEMA-co-PLA ultrafine particles showed good dispersity in water and sustained release behavior. In addition, it is easy to be prepared by both nanoprecipitation method and emulsion/solvent evaporation method. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013

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